In Florida, a resident was stunned after seeing a family toss a kitten from the window of an SUV onto the road.
What happened?
In a letter quoted by Ocala-News, Ocala resident Yaira Linnette said she saw “people in a new, red, 4-door SUV with dark-tinted windows” throw a black kitten from a window near a local supermarket.
Although she said the kitten survived the fall, it ran straight for cover. Linnette explained she and her husband attempted to find the cat in the bushes but had no success.
“My husband and I tried to rescue it, but it was terrified and kept retreating deeper into the shrubbery,” she wrote.
Why does it matter?
If people do not have the time or resources to take care of a pet, it should never be abandoned on the side of the road. Young kittens are especially vulnerable to traffic, dehydration, predators, disease, and exposure, and the trauma of being dumped can make them much harder to approach safely…