Key Points
- Four dead kittens have been discovered in a black bin bag which has been dumped on Lochend Road in Easterhouse in Glasgow on Monday, September 7, by a local dog walker.
- According to the local resident who found the animals, the four dead kittens were alive when they were abandoned, noting that two of the animals had open mouths and were crawling, possibly in search of their mother.
- An inquiry into the animal abuse has been initiated by the Scottish SPCA.
- This particular location is known to be a beauty spot close to the Bishop Loch Local Nature Reserve and Holiday Park and it is a hotspot for criminals who dump sofas, construction waste, and black bin bags.
- In a video which was shared with Glasgow Live, it can be seen that a local resident catches the fly-tippin red-handed but the man avoids being caught and runs behind a truck.
- Glasgow Live intervened and as a result, Glasgow City Council promised to clean the spot and to pursue action against the offenders.
Glasgow (Glasgow Express) September 12, 2026 – Glasgow City Council has faced severe condemnation following an incident in which four kittens were left to die inside a sealed rubbish bag at a local environmental hotspot, prompting fresh commitments from local authorities to crack down heavily on illegal waste dumping.
The grim discovery was made by a local resident walking her dog on Lochend Road in the Easterhouse district on Monday, September 7. According to statements given to Jordan Shepherd of Glasgow Live, the dog stopped at a discarded black bin bag, leading the walker to uncover four dead kittens. The witness expressed conviction that the animals had been alive at the moment of abandonment.
As reported by Jordan Shepherd of Glasgow Live, the local resident stated:
“They had absolutely been alive when they were dumped because two of their mouths were open and they had crawled. They were probably looking for their mother. My female dog was trying to lick them to see if they would move.”
In response to the distressing discovery, the Scottish SPCA initiated an official investigation into the matter. Concurrently, public outcry has forced local officials to address the chronic misuse of the land, which borders the Bishop Loch Local Nature Reserve and features an adjacent holiday park where visitors frequently encounter discarded couches, broken bottles, construction debris, and household waste.
What are residents and local authorities saying about the fly-tipping epidemic?
Local campaigners and residents have grown increasingly frustrated by the scale of environmental degradation in the area. The witness who found the kittens documented persistent criminal activity, including an episode in June where she caught a fly-tipper in the act. In video footage provided to Jordan Shepherd of Glasgow Live, a man is seen ducking and running behind a moving truck with its bed raised after being confronted.
Describing the condition of the neighborhood, the local resident told Jordan Shepherd of Glasgow Live:
“It’s horrible. There is a holiday park on that road and people park up their caravans to walk around the Seven Lochs and they are met with dumped couches, black bin bags, construction rubbish and broken bottles. Kids are constantly setting fire to things. A few weeks ago a man jumped out his car to help me put out a burning couch.”
Following inquiries and intervention by Jordan Shepherd of Glasgow Live, a spokesperson for Glasgow City Council issued a strong condemnation of the perpetrators and outlined corrective measures.
As reported by Jordan Shepherd of Glasgow Live, a council spokesperson stated:
“Residents in Glasgow have every right to be furious with the fly-tippers who show no regard for their communities and their environment. The cowardly individuals in this video who fled when confronted knew exactly what they were doing and knew they were entirely in the wrong.”
The local authority confirmed that enforcement action will be actively pursued wherever evidence identifying the culprits can be recovered. The spokesperson further noted:
“Where ever we identify evidence of those responsible for this kind of environmental crime we will pursue enforcement action. Residents can play a vital role in providing evidence that helps to bring criminal fly-tippers to justice.”
Furthermore, the council emphasized that home renovation waste must be handled responsibly by accredited contractors. Addressing the physical site, the spokesperson added: “The waste that’s been dumped will be dealt with appropriately and steps will be taken to prevent fly-tippers from accessing this location in future.”
Are there wider waste management issues near the council boundary?
The incident on Lochend Road compounds wider regional concerns regarding coordinated illegal dumping across municipal borders. Just days prior to the Easterhouse discovery, a separate massive accumulation of rubbish was identified just across the council boundary in Lanarkshire.
According to details reported by Jordan Shepherd of Glasgow Live, North Lanarkshire Council acknowledged being alerted to a large pile of black bin bags and household waste dumped near Lochend Road on Thursday, September 3. While North Lanarkshire Council launched an investigation into the criminal activity, officials clarified that the responsibility for physical removal of the waste on that specific parcel of land rests with the private landowner.
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Background of the particular development
The escalation of fly-tipping and related environmental crimes across urban and semi-rural fringes of Glasgow has been a long-standing issue engaging local communities, housing associations, and municipal authorities. Areas near nature reserves and green spaces—such as the Seven Lochs Wetland Park and Bishop Loch—frequently experience unlawful tipping due to vehicular accessibility and secluded layouts. Environmental legislation in Scotland governs waste disposal under frameworks like the Environmental Protection Act 1990, with local councils and agencies sharing investigative remits depending on whether the waste is hazardous, commercial, or domestic. Animal welfare violations occurring in tandem with waste abandonment add an extra layer of criminal severity, drawing immediate intervention from animal protection charities such as the Scottish SPCA alongside municipal cleansing and enforcement teams.
This development and the subsequent media spotlight are expected to accelerate local government interventions regarding physical site security, potentially leading to the rapid installation of barriers, gates, or CCTV monitoring to block vehicular access along vulnerable rural-urban corridors like Lochend Road. For local residents, holiday park visitors, and wildlife conservation groups in Easterhouse and surrounding communities, these heightened enforcement measures could reduce the volume of unsightly and hazardous waste blighting local beauty spots. However, community stakeholders and animal welfare advocates note that unless penalties are systematically enforced and preventative infrastructure is deployed universally across Glasgow’s known rural dumping hotspots, illegal operators may simply displace their criminal activities to alternative unmonitored sectors, maintaining continuous pressure on public cleansing budgets and local ecosystems.
