Four malnourished kittens were rescued after being found hiding beneath a 26ft mountain of wood at a landfill site.
Workers from a cat welfare charity used kippers to tempt the cats to safety.
The three males and one female, aged just five weeks old, were discovered under a 26-foot high pile of wood.
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They were among 20 felines hiding at the site.
The moggies named Jack, Jill, Skip and Marley, weighed less than half of what healthy kittens their age should when they were first found at Westcombe Waste, in Somerton, Somerset.
Rebecca Dawson, from Cats Protection, said after two weeks of specialist food, all four kittens recovered.
She said she hadn’t been sure Jack would make it, as reported by Need To Know.
“He’d been so brave and acted like the mum for his siblings but was no more than a baby,” Rebecca said.
“After plenty of TLC and two weeks of specialist food, he’s now a lively, healthy kitten and all four love nothing more than playing together and making mischief.”
Rebecca set-up two security cameras and humane traps to allow her to track and catch other cats at the site.
At first, the kittens were too scared to venture out to her, but she recorded their calls and played the sound out near a humane trap filled with kippers.
Rebecca added: “After plenty of TLC and two weeks of specialist food, he’s now a lively, healthy kitten and all four love nothing more than playing together and making mischief.
“I’m so grateful to the lads on site and Sophie the manager, they have really worked with me to help the cats and we just have around four or five of the remaining male cats to trap and neuter.
“I think everyone was surprised that there were around 20 cats in total, they’d kept themselves well hidden.”
