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Kitten rescued after being attacked and dropped from the sky by gull

An RSPCA picture of a four-week-old kitten, affectionately nicknamed Sky, who has been saved after being attacked by gulls and dropped from the sky by one of the birds. The tiny cat was rescued by the RSPCA from the Golden Sands Holiday Park, at Sandy Cove, Rhyl, North Wales, after being spotted on May 3. Picture by RSPCA/PA Wire
An RSPCA picture of a four-week-old kitten, affectionately nicknamed Sky, who has been saved after being attacked by gulls and dropped from the sky by one of the birds. The tiny cat was rescued by the RSPCA from the Golden Sands Holiday Park, at Sandy Cov An RSPCA picture of a four-week-old kitten, affectionately nicknamed Sky, who has been saved after being attacked by gulls and dropped from the sky by one of the birds. The tiny cat was rescued by the RSPCA from the Golden Sands Holiday Park, at Sandy Cove, Rhyl, North Wales, after being spotted on May 3. Picture by RSPCA/PA Wire

A FOUR-WEEK-OLD kitten has been saved after being attacked by gulls and dropped from the sky by one of the birds.

The tiny cat, affectionately nicknamed Sky, was rescued by the RSPCA from the Golden Sands Holiday Park, at Sandy Cove, Rhyl, North Wales, after being spotted on the afternoon of May 3.

It is believed the kitten came from a colony of feral cats living close to the holiday park.

Sky was unhurt, despite the incident, and will now be hand reared by staff at the RSPCA's Bryn-Y-Maen Animal Centre.

It is hoped she will be made available for re-homing, once she is old enough.

William Galvin, RSPCA animal collection officer, said: "This poor kitten must have been through a terrifying ordeal - seemingly swooped upon by a gull, before being dropped to the ground.

"We're grateful to a member of the public who spotted her and notified us, and thankfully she was rescued unhurt.

"Sky is very young, and will now be hand-reared at our animal centre, and should be available for re-homing when she is old enough."