RSPCA investigate after reports of kitten thrown from van window then driven over

The RSPCA are investigating after a kitten was reportedly hurled from a van window then driven over.

An eyewitness alerted the charity of the horrific incident which left the little animal dead in Oldham, on Thursday morning, September 18.

The passer-by said a man threw a young cat from a blue transit van on Blackshaw Lane in Royton, then crushed it under the vehicle.

Oldham Council sent a street cleaning team to recover the animal and keep it in storage until its owner could be found.

A spokesman for the animal charity said: The RSPCA has been contacted by a member of the public who said they saw a man throw a kitten from a blue transit van and run over it on Thursday, September 18. The incident happened on a country lane called Blackshaw Lane in Royton, Oldham, at approximately 9am.

An officer attended the scene that afternoon but the kitten wasnt found.

A spokesman for Oldham Council confirmed that they received a call at 1.30pm on Thursday reporting a cat had been run over.

A town hall street cleaning team was sent to Blackshaw Lane and recovered a dead animal before the RSPCA arrived.

Shortly after the incident, an eyewitness account was posted on the I Love Shaw Facebook page.

It read: Walking home from dropping my child off at school on blackshaw lane on the corner of Cornish way in Royton at approx 9am this morning a blue van with a sick twisted person threw a small young cat out of the window and then run it over with the back wheels, it shortly died afterwards after running towards me and my friend on the path, my friend comforted it and stroked it until it passed.

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RSPCA investigate after reports of kitten thrown from van window then driven over