People rally around to save kitten savagely mutilated in horrific attack in Battle area

A Sedlescombe woman has launched an appeal to save her kitten Woody after it was mutilated in a shocking attack on Sunday.

Stephanie Wood said: “Woody managed to get home at 10pm on Sunday. His tail had been chopped off, His paw was nearly sliced off and he had a very large deep gash in his stomach.

“He was rushed straight to the vet who told us his immediate life saving treatment would cots a minimum of £1,100, which includes surgery to amputate the remaining tail, stitch his stomach, give antibiotics and fluids, with further blood cultures and scans following at additional cost.

He is only 17 weeks old and he is more than just a family cat. My six year old son is autistic and looks at Woody as a sensory kitten.

As as single mum of two I am not in a position to pull £1,100 out of nowhere. I have utilised my savings and credit cards to raise what I can to save Woody, but it’s just not enough.”

In a matter of hours 134 donors had raised £1,568 toward the £2.500 target of Woody’s full care and recovery costs, through the gofundme website.

On Monday Woody was being stabilised before surgery.

Stephanie said: “During a check of him, vets noticed his stomach was worse than they first thought. The wound is larger and deeper than they realised.