A pet cat was left burned and skewered sitting on top of a disposable barbecue down an alleyway.
The RSPCA are now investigating the grim discovery in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
Inspectors found that the cat had been microchipped, but after speaking to her former owner learned she had been rehomed with her kittens two years ago. The identity of the person who took the animal in is not known.
The cat was found in an alleyway opposite the shops on Beckett Road, Wheatley, on April 16.
RSPCA Inspector Tamsin Drysdale said: ‘The person who found the cat said she had a skewer through her body and was laying on the top of a disposable barbecue.
‘She was so badly burned it isn’t possible to be sure what colour her fur was.
‘We don’t know whether this happened while the cat was alive or dead, but I suspect, and very much hope, it was the latter.’
She added: ‘The cat was microchipped and after a couple of days of trying I have now been able to speak to the person who’s details were registered. They said that they rehomed the cat and her kittens two years ago but they couldn’t tell me who to.
‘If anyone has any information at all that might help me to find out what happened here please call the RSPCA inspector appeal line on 0300 123 8018.
‘Did you see something? Did you hear something? Do you know who the cat might have belonged to? Someone out there could be looking for and missing this cat and I am very keen to find her current owner.’
The RSPCA is continuing an emergency service through the lockdown period.
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