Flytippers left cat looking like Bagpuss

Red ink dumped on an Essex industrial estate transformed Casper the cat into a furry pink Bagpuss lookalike. The 18-month-old pet returned to his home in Eastwood, on Saturday, covered from top to toe in red ink.



Owner Jayne Richardson says she found a trail of red ink on bushes and vegetation leading from rubbish dumped on Progress Road industrial estate. Mrs Richardson, 40, is angry and concerned because she says other cats have also been seen with the ink on them.

There have also been reports of pink foxes being seen in the area. She said: “It just highlights what a problem flytipping is. There’s evidence of this ink in the bushes at the end of our street and there are trails going from the Progress Road industrial estate, where there are also huge mountains of rubbish piled up.



“It’s affected all of us here, as we don’t feel as though we can let our cats out any more, in case they get covered in this ink again.” Even after a thorough bath and shampoo at the local vet’s, Casper still retains a distinctly pink tinge.