The Brief
- Two cats were left inside a taped box with no shade outside a Gilbert animal rescue in 97-degree heat.
- A volunteer discovered the box 15 minutes later, just days before one of the rescued cats gave birth to five kittens.
- The shelter chose not to report the incident to the police but warned that such abandonment is illegal and cruel.
GILBERT, Ariz. – A Gilbert animal shelter says they are thankful two cats are alive after someone abandoned them in a trapped box in the middle of the day last week. One of the cats gave birth just two days later.
What we know:
The surveillance video starts at 11 a.m. with no shade. The 97-degree sunshine was baking the side door of Friends for Life Animal Rescue as a man gets out of a car and leaves a box, taped shut, then appears to hide his face as he leaves without so much as knocking to alert anyone.…