The RSPCA is urging the public to report glue trap sellers after a tiny kitten was caught in one.

On July 22, a member of the public contacted the animal charity to say they had found a collapsed kitten with her mouth glued together after getting stuck on a glue trap in Camberwell.

She is just four weeks old.

Glue traps are used predominately to catch mice or rats and are widely condemned by animal welfare organisations as death is much slower than the traditional trap.

The concerned person used olive oil to try to remove the kitten.

RSPCA Inspector Nick Wheelhouse brought her to the RSPCA Putney Animal Hospital where she was found to be extremely hypothermic.

She was bathed in a warm solution to remove the remaining glue and to warm her up.

However, the animal hospital, who named the kitten ‘Dobby’, is still not certain she will survive.

RSPCA inspector Nick Wheelhouse said: “What happened to Dobby is just another example of why we have concerns for the use of glue traps.

“These cruel traps are indiscriminate and cause unnecessary suffering to animals with everything from snakes, robins, owls and kittens.

“The public should be made aware of the risk these horrific devices pose to non-target species.

“Sadly, many animals, especially birds, have to be euthanised because the damage done is just too great. It is not a humane trap for any animal as they are not killed outright and have to undergo prolonged periods of distress before they are then found and dispatched.

“Poor little Dobby is just another unnecessary victim of this cruel contraption which causes horrific suffering.”

Dobby has now been transferred to the care of the RSPCA Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone Branch where she will be hand-reared.

To report: wildlife@rspca.org.uk