A tiny kitten thrown over a 16ft high wall in a zip-lock freezer bag was “lucky to survive” according to an animal rescue charity.
The little animal, known as Pearl, was found in the backyard of County Cat Rescue in a dreadful state with no fur on her body and infections.
Pearl, who is six-months-old, was taken to a vet who gave her ointment to ease the pain caused by her scratching but her condition worsened when she lost an eye.
Maria Miller, the owner of the charity, told the Liverpool Echo : “Our building is an old bank, and the wall is at least 16-feet-high, so she has come down with a bang.
"She had no fur on her, her body was like a hard shell. She was so infected and we had to get her seen to because she was constantly scratching due to her skin.
"Pearl had to have steroid injections, but she carried on with the scratching even when it started to grow back in patches, but then she scratched her eyeball.
"One day when we came to the rescue we found her hiding in the cupboard, and when we got her out of there, her eyeball had exploded.
"We rushed her to the vet, and they had to operate and take her eye out, and she's only six months old now."
Maria added they put up a post on Facebook to try and find who she may have belonged to as she wasn’t chipped or neutered, but nothing came of it.
A fundraiser was set up by Joanne Bonner, to help with the costs of Pearl's treatment.
Maria said: "We are only a small rescue and not really well known, we have been going for about three years, so it is hard for us sometimes, but we will never turn anyone away who needs help.
"Joanne helped us out a lot, and has been fundraising for Pearl to help pay for her operation. If it wasn’t for kind-hearted people we would have been stuffed."
"She (Pearl) is doing well now, she still needs a steroid injection every month to help with the scratching, we do not want her to lose her other eye.
“Her fur is growing back and she is eating normally, she just deserves a loving home after everything she has been through."
