BRADENTON — Two cats are recovering in a Manatee county animal shelter as investigators work to find the person who left them to starve in a cage.
Manatee County spokesperson Michael Strollo says the two surviving cats were found July 29th on Lena Road in Bradenton, dehydrated at about half their body weight. A third cat died during the ordeal. A good Samaritan discovered the cats and brought the cage closer to the road so animal welfare could find it.
Animal welfare supervisor Steven Bell is leading the investigation. He says the one-year-old gray tabbies were left out in the open with no buildings nearby, and there’s no surveillance video. He’s hoping someone might have seen someone drop off the cats and perhaps caught a license plate number…