PETA is offering a £1,000 reward for information to trace the person responsible for dumping a 12-week-old kitten in Shotts last week.
The male kitten was found by a member of the public tied up in two plastic bags on Forest Dyke Road.
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PETA is now seeking the public's help in finding those responsible for abandoning the kitten.
After being rushed to the vets, the kitten appeared to be in miraculously good health apart from an injury on one of his front legs.
Director of the animal rights organisation, Mimi Bekhechi said: "Someone in the area must have seen something or know something about the cruel individual(s) who committed this callous act.
"A person capable of deliberately causing this kind of suffering to a helpless animal demonstrates a deeply worrying psychological state and must be found."
PETA says it's also imperative to find the mother cat and have her spayed as quickly as possible to prevent more kittens from suffering a similar fate.
Abandoning an animal is an offence under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006.
PETA urges anyone who has information about this cruel act to call the Scottish SPCA's confidential animal helpline on 03000 999 999.
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