A STRANDED kitten in the centre of Dublin’s M50 yesterday caused traffic to be diverted by gardaí. The Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was contacted after motorists spotted a cat stuck on the central median of the motorway at Dundrum.
Lisa Kemp, an ambulance driver with the society, was unable to rescue the cat on her own due to the speed of the traffic and called gardaí to assist.
“The traffic was going too fast, I kept fearing he would run and be hit,” she said.
“Every time a car went by he flattened his ears, it was obvious he was absolutely terrified,” she added.
“The gardaí were brilliant, traffic stopped. I ran with the cat basket and just grabbed him and ran back,” she said.
The society wants to reunite the kitten, which it has named Freeway, with its owners or find it a new family.
The organisation said it is not clear how the cat ended up on the motorway but it may have got lost or was dumped on the side of the road by its owners.
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