A two-week old kitten died earlier this week, after it was allegedly kicked around by two school girls at Silverton Primary School.

Nadine Van Niekerk, a teacher and patroller at the school, said she heard children screaming on the premises on Tuesday morning, and thought they were fighting.

“When I barged into the mob of pupils, the children scattered and one of them told me that two girls had been kicking the kitten around. When I checked, I saw the kitten was still rolling a couple of times on the ground. I picked it up and took it to my fellow teachers,” she told Rekord.

She said the principal agreed for the injured kitten to be taken to a shelter.

Catz R Us’ Tarryn Parker said the kitten was severely injured and bruised.

“Its body was battered and it had fluid in its abdomen. The neck was bruised and blue. The poor baby was crying in pain. We gave it fluids, anti-inflammatory and pain medication and one of our bottle mommies tried to feed it,” she said.

The kitten died later that afternoon, Van Niekerk said.

The primary school had been stricken by wild cats that stay on the premises and birth litters.

Principal Andre Pieterse said the school was planning to capture the cats to be sterilised.

“We do not want to get rid of them. We just want them to be caught, sterilised and returned. The cats are useful as they get rid of the rats we have on the premises,” he said.

Upon visiting the school, Rekord noticed bowls and water containers next to where the cats usually sleep.

“They hide during the day under the classrooms, but our teachers ensure they are fed,” said Pieterse.

Parker said Catz R Us would like to assist with the wild cat problem at the school.

“We need to remove all kittens, bottle-feed them and sterilise them. It would be ideal to implement an education programme to teach the pupils about animal cruelty,” she said.

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