A trio of tiny kittens who were left for dead in a dog waste bin were saved by people out walking their dogs.
Had the little babies not been found, rescuers say they would have died from hunger and thirst, trapped in a foul metal tomb in St Austell, Cornwall.
At just three weeks old, the kittens were dumped in the smelly bin the Duporth area before a horrified pair of dog walkers worked together to carefully get them out.
The kittens were then taken to the local Sally’s Cat Rescue sanctuary.
Sally, who has run the sanctuary for 20 years, says: ‘A lady was out walking her dog and went to put some dog poo in the bin and to her surprise she could hear crying.
‘There was three kittens in there – she managed to retrieve them.
‘She called us, and we went and collected the kittens.
‘They were shaken up – they are between three and four weeks, covered in fleas, but…
