After being alerted by a local resident the Local Police of Pilar de la Horadada rescued a litter of 19 newborn kittens that had been abandoned in a cardboard box in the town.

The kittens were found in Mil Palmeras where they were first seen late on Saturday evening crawling around an overturned cardboard box in an obvious state of distress

A police patrol attended the scene and recovered the abandoned kittens prior to handing them over to the Anguimar animal collection service after which they were transferred to their Los Infiernos facilities

The Local Police who attended the scene said they were disgusted by the abandonment of the kittens which has “moral, administrative and criminal consequences,” they said.