Epping dead cat in bag: Brittany Watson finds pet in Holland Street

A Sydney mother got the shock of her life after finding a dead cat wrapped in a towel and stuffed in a plastic bag in her front yard.

The cat was found wrapped in a towel

A mother has been left in shock after discovering a dead cat wrapped in a bloody towel in her front yard.

Epping mum Brittany Watson took to social media sharing a picture of what appears to be the legs of a cat wrapped in a bloodstained towel inside a plastic bag.

“What a**hole killed someone's cat and left it wrapped up in a bag on my nature strip?” she said on Facebook.

“I've had a heart attack finding a bag of blood. You could’ve at least taken it to the vet for a scan.”

The cat was found in a bag wrapped in a bloody towel.

Ms Watson said she found the bag dumped on her front lawn on the corner of Holland Street.

“When I found a large bag...I had a bit of a heart attack,” she told The Northern District Times.

“I'm used to dead animals from doing medical research in the past but when it was wrapped up and I didn’t know what it was and had to unwrap it, I was really uneasy.”

Residents have since said they saw the dead cat on nearby Devon Road yesterday after it was reportedly hit by a car.

“Someone has since wrapped it up in a bathrobe,” Ms Watson said.

People have taken to social media expressing their disbelief.

“Oh how awful,” one mother said.

“This is heartbreaking,” another commented.

The incident has since been reported to council.