'Four lucky kittens' abandoned on New Years Eve beside NIE transformer get 'purrfect' homes thanks to Ballymena Depot staff
Kind-hearted NIE operatives have been applauded for saving the lives of four abandoned kittens on New Years Eve.
The story unfolds on December 31 when ‘four abandoned kittens were discovered in a cardboard box beside one of our transformers outside Ballymena’, according to a post on NIE Networks.
‘With temperatures dropping and no mother cat present, the immediate priority was to get them somewhere safe and warm,’ adds the post.
‘Thanks to Linesperson Robin Beattie, the kittens were brought back to our Ballymena Depot, where they were kept warm and fed.
‘We're happy to say that, with the help of colleagues Colin Taggart and Neil Caskey, the kittens have all since found loving homes.
‘Four lucky kittens, and three kind colleagues’.
The great news has been applauded on social media.
Some of the praise includes:
- Northern Ireland's Voice For The Voiceless – ‘Thank you for taking care of them & sorting them out with loving homes’
- Jacqui Kirkwood-Hamill - ‘Not all hero's wear capes!’
- Paula O'Donnell - ‘Well done and big thanks to those caring NIE staff. How anyone could abandon those wee dotes?’
- Sonya Bacon – ‘They are beauitiful. Well done’