Distressed Kitten.

auspicious

A house down the road in a housing estate has a 2 to 3 month old kitten locked in the boiler house outside by itself with no water or food, in darkness.
It is constantly crying ( not in a nice way) and scratching to get out. Many neighbours are commenting.
I haven't seen it myself. One neighbour called to door pretending she had lost her cat and asked the man of the house to open the boiler. He did so but quickly snapped the doors shut after proving it was not the lady's cat.
Disturbed by the interaction, the concerned lady went in to the local ISPCA here in the midlands to report the issue.
Quote " What do you want us to do about it?" was the association representative's reply to her. Quite shocking coming from a body designed to provide and most likely encourage positive animal welfare practices.

What should be done? Should the guards be notified about the distressed kitten?

muddypaws

You say ISPCA in the midlands, if you mean a specific local SPCA then unfortunately I'm not surprised. I'm out at the moment, google the number of the national animal cruelty number and phone them. Or phone the actaul ISPCA if it was indeed a different organisation that you contacted

Addle

The rspca have no more authority than you do yourself.
I'd call the gardai.

Graces7

Is there a local rescue group as they sometimes have more ability etc?

and yes the central cruelty line has more power....

a_murph613

was this issue resolved? the ispca have the same power as the guards when it is any animal welfare case. call the helpline always.