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Kiens dumped in cardboard box


SIX terrified little kittens were found covered in fleas and dumpedin a cardboardbox in a car a park with the heartbreaking mes- sage: “Pls find us a good home”. The six-week-old tabby and white


babies are now being cared for at the RSPCA centre in Leybourne, where staff have named them Arnold, Brittney, Charlie, Justin,Or- lando and Sylvester, after film and music stars. A couple were walking their dog


at Ranscombe Farm Nature Re- serve, in Cuxton when they spotted the Tesco box dumped in the car park. Jane Pook, from the RSPCA cen-


tre, said: “They were just about to set off on awalk when they saw the box and thought it looked a bit weird and out of place. “When they got closer to the box


with Tesco text printed on the side they spotted a message scrawled on the cardboard in pen that said: ‘Pls find us a good home’.


“And inside they found six tiny kittens, who must have been very frightened and very disorientated.” They took the kittens straight to


the RSPCA centre, where theywere checked over by a vet and found to be covered in fleas, but otherwise in good health. The kittens are now being cared


for in a foster home until they are ready to be found new homes. Jane said: “However, this is a clas-


sic example of what theRSPCAsees every spring and summer. We are inundated withunwanted kittens at this time of year, either abandoned or turfed out onto the street by own- ers who didn’t want their cats to have babies but failed to get them neutered. “That’s whywe urge all pet own-


ers to have their dogs, cats, rabbits neutered to avoid anyunwanted lit- ters and to ease the strain on chari- tieswhotake on these animals,who would never be able to survive on their own at such a young age.”


Mayor takes Twier lessons


THE new mayor of Tonbridge and Malling Cllr Roger Dalton, says he has been having “Twitterisation” lessons so that he can tweet about his year in office. The mayor has already posted


news of some early highlights on Twitter including his visit to a gar- den party at Buckingham Palace. Cllr Dalton was born in 1947 in Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells. He at- tended Otham Primary School, Senacre School and Swattenden School in Cranbrook. He left school at 15 and has worked in the construction indus- try ever since, except for two years, aged 17 to 19, when he joined the Merchant Navy. In 1972, hemoved to Burham and started his plumbing and heating business the following year. He married Hazel in 2001 and,


between them, they have four chil- dren and five grandchildren. Cllr Dalton is chairman of Burham Parish Council, having


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been a member for about 30 years. In 2003, hewas elected to the bor-


ough council. As mayor, he will be “Tweeting”


about his news and also using Face- book. Follow him at @TMBCMayor. The charities he has chosen to support during his mayoral year are Age UK Malling – Dementia Day Care Centre and Ellenor. The new deputy mayor is Cllr


Pam Bates, who represents Trench ward.


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