Bin bag full of cats' heads found close to Manchester's Curry Mile: Urgent inquiry launched after sickening discovery

Council worker found the remains after responding to fly-tipping complaints

It has been described as 'an extreme example of animal cruelty'



It is not known how the animal remains came to be at the Rusholme address



A bin bag containing severed cats' heads was found dumped on a street near Manchester's famous Curry Mile.



Council bosses in Manchester have launched an urgent investigation and the RSPCA is being contacted.



The discovery was made by a council worker who was responding to complaints over fly-tipping in Rusholme.



A bin bag containing severed cats' heads was found near Manchester's Curry Mile in Rusholme

He found a single black bin bag containing the animal remains close to Walmer Street East and Basil Street.



A fly-tipping memo sent to to councillors and council officials described the contents of the bag as 'cat heads'.



The cats' heads were found by a council worker inside a single black bin bag

Chairman at Wythenshawe and Sale East Conservative Association Stephen Woods said the council should launch an immediate investigation into how this has happened.



He said: 'We were all absolutely flabbergasted when we found out about this.



'It's absolutely disgraceful the way they have been treated.'



A Manchester city council spokesman said an investigation was underway following the discovery on Friday.



The spokesman said the find amounted to 'an extreme example of animal cruelty'.



He said: ' This is obviously an incredibly distressing and sickening incident which we are now looking into but this is the first incident of its kind we have come across.

