LISTEN BACK: Twelve starving cats taken in by Cavan Kitten Cottage over two week period

Last week, three young kittens were found abandoned by a lake in Cavan and taken in by the Kitten Cottage Animal Sanctuary in Virginia.

This is the latest in a growing number of cases of this behaviour, with nine being left in a box at the sanctuary while it was closed for a week.

One of the nine was so malnourished it had to be put down.

Maire Egan joined Aaron McElroy on The Wider View earlier and started by explaining how the latest three were found.