I was driving home tonight and got to the road next to mine - the car in front of me drove slowly over something, it looked like a black bag.
I stopped the car to get out and look at it as I didn't want to wreck the bottom of my car driving over something hard. When I got out to look I found out it was a black kitten, about six months old, covered in fleas and poo - a wretched looking little thing.
I tried to catch it but it darted under a car. So I went home, got a towel and a box and went back and managed to crawl under the car and grab it. I took it to the animal hospital in Wanstead, and rang the RSPCA to get a log number so it could be treated.
It doesn't appear to be damaged by the car, but it's anemic, hyperthermic and very weak. It may not survive the night, I have to call in the morning to see how it is. I really don't need another cat (I've got three cats and two dogs - all but one are rescues) but I know that RSPCA are euthanising everything that comes in at the moment because they are so full.
I'm feeling very sad about this, could I foster it and rehome it - would anyone really want a scraggy black kitten, would I just end up with another? Should I just walk away and forget about it :(