A Queenstown cat charity boss was left open-mouthed by a freedom camper's feral feast.
Queenstown Cat Rescue co-founder Julia Milley said a German holiday-maker helped himself to a bowl of cat kibble, intended to feed a colony of wild, but desexed moggies, on Sunday.
Ms Milley said a volunteer had left the food at a local feed box, but when he went to retrieve it on Sunday night it was gone.
"There were six young German guys sitting near the feeding box,'' Ms Milley said.
"He asked them if they'd seen the bowl. They pointed to Fritz, who was sitting there drinking a beer.