A kitten was left to die after being chucked over a wall in a freezer bag.
Luckily, little Pearl was found by volunteers of an animal charity in its backyard.
The cat had no fur on her body and she was badly infected and during her treatment she scratched her eyeball which 'exploded'.
Staff at County Cat Rescue, based in Walton, Liverpool were shocked when they discovered the condition that Pearl was left in, the Liverpool Echo reports.
Maria Miller, owner of the charity, told the 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."
Maria took the kitten to a vet, who provided her with ointment to ease the pain caused by the scratches - but things were going to get worse.
Maria said: "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."
Pearl wasn't chipped or neutered and a fundraiser was set up by the animal charity, on the corner of Spellow Lane and County Road, to help with the costs of her treatment.
Alongside having her eye removed and a serious skin condition, caused by untreated fleas, Pearl also has a heart condition.
Pet lovers and the community rallied together to raise the £1,010 that was needed for the operation, including a single donation of £115.
Maria added: "She 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."
