Happy ending for abandoned kittens Fish and Chips

Fish (left) and Chips (right) were underweight, grubby and had fleas when they were found

Two kittens found in a bush at the side of a road in Herefordshire have found their permanent home after they were adopted together.

Cats Protection believes the kittens, named Fish and Chips, were abandoned deliberately near Clehonger, near Hereford, on 27 July.

A spokeswoman for the charity said the pair were already used to human contact when they were brought in by a man who found them, but would not have roamed together at that age, so it was thought someone left them in the bush on purpose.

New owners Megan Green, 27, and Bradley Harding, 28, from Ewyas Harold, said they fell in love with Chips the instant they saw him, and then Fish turned up a few second later to say "hello".

The new owners said they loved the kittens as soon as they saw them

Ms Green said they had been talking about getting a cat for a while and she was on a night shift when Mr Harding said he was getting fish and chips.

She said: "This confused me as funnily enough neither of us like to eat fish and chips so when I saw it was actually two kittens it did make a bit more sense. As soon as I saw their little faces it was a no-brainer that they were coming home with us."

Fish and Chips have now moved into their forever home

Claire Underwood, deputy manager at the Herefordshire Cat Centre to where the kittens were taken, said Fish and Chips, both male, were grubby, underweight, and had fleas when they were found so had been fending for themselves for a while.

The pair have made a full recovery and are now "super-affectionate and friendly".

Ms Underwood said: "It's never acceptable to dump cats as if they're rubbish."

She urged anyone with a cat they could no longer care for to contact the charity which would help find a solution.