In Mattsee

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The two cute four-legged friends were abandoned in a lonely meadow.(Bild: Pfotenhilfe Lochen)

Walkers found two kittens in a meadow in Mattsee last week. Since then, Pfotenhilfe Lochen has been looking after the foundlings and searching for their owners. Johanna Stadler from Pfotenhilfe confirms that abandonment is not a trivial offense.

No houses far and wide, just a large meadow in the municipality of Mattsee: two walkers found two abandoned kittens there last week. They quickly brought the approximately eight-week-old foundlings to the Pfotenhilfe animal shelter, where they were warmed, treated and cared for.

Johanna Stadler, Managing Director of Pfotenhilfe, explains: "The kittens - a boy and a girl - have colds and eye infections and are far too small to have been found where they were. They are now safe with us, but abandoning animals - of any kind - is not a trivial offense and carries a prison sentence of up to two years. These are sentient creatures capable of suffering, which some heartless people - even in the run-up to Christmas - don't seem to care about, since they don't comply with the obligation to neuter cats." 

Anyone who has observed anything and can provide information about the animals and criminal acts should contact Pfotenhilfe Lochen.