5 kittens found discarded in trash without food or water by dumpster diver who saves them, bringing the cats home to clean, feed, cuddle and find purrfect furever homes, rescuer says: ‘I’m very grateful that the cat distribution system brought them to me’

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    "I'm so glad that all the kittens are healthy and that they've all found their forever homes"

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    I've been trash picking for a couple years now, just for fun because I love finding cool things. Never in a million

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    years would I have imagined finding something so heartbreaking. Last night, I found 5 kittens abandoned

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    with no food or water. They were left in a box sitting beside a clothes and shoes donation bin in a Barnes and Noble parking lot. It

  • How in the world did we get to the point that it is in any way reasonable to leave kittens alongside inanimate items for donation? Surely, they require a little more support before finding them a new home than someone’s old sweater? And while these kittens might not have been what one would come to expect to find in a donation bin in the parking lot of Barnes and Noble, it is pretty darn noble of this hooman to drop everything they were doing to tend to the kittens they had just come across. Though you have to wonder what other marvels this person has found if kittens are on their list of finds.

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    was too late at night for any rescues to take them in, so my girlfriend and I brought them home. We've never owned a cat before, but we

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    got advice from many friends about what to do. Since finding them, they've been fed, bathed, and loved on constantly. Now

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    ction

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    we're trying to find homes for them. I just can't believe somebody would abandon them like this. If I didn't find

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    them, I don't know how long it would have been until someone else did. These babies are playful, affectionate, and adorable. But

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    when I found them, they were so scared and hungry. They deserve to be safe and loved, not discarded. I feel endlessly disappointed in people.

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    I posted in here a couple months back about finding 5 abandoned kittens while trash picking. The post honestly got way more attention than I

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    expected, and I wanted to follow up to thank everyone who provided advice and support. There were even a few people who donated to the foster that

  • Time and again we find ourselves floored by the amount of support and help that the cat community comes together to give those hero hoomans who help out less fortunate cats. We can only imagine the amount of cats who have survived their scary back stories and gone on to find purrfect furever homes thanks to the generosity and kindness of the online cat community. So let this story serve as a reminder that if you come across a cat in need of help, whether in real life or online, you should do whatever you can to help and know that there is a whole community of cat lovers waiting to back you up in anyway that you might need. 

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    took the kittens in, which I was really touched by I am extremely happy to share that this story officially has a happy ending.

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    ANE

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    As of this week, all 5 of the kittens have been adopted! Ultimately, I did not keep any of them, but I'm very grateful that the cat

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    distribution system brought them to me so I could take care of them for a few days. I'm so glad that all the kittens are healthy and that they've all found

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    their forever homes, and I thought you all would be happy to hear it too.

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    The first of your crew has officially gone to their new home! The little light brown tabby boy with orange highlights has been officially adopted with our other dark tabby boy. We just took them over to their new family tonight. He has been named "Shep", and is already so loved! Merry Christmas!

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    The tabby girl and other tabby boy that went to another foster are being adopted, together, today! Duck (girl) and Goose (boy)

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    And Vernon, our boy Panther, just got adopted! He connected with a wonderful family, and was just besotted with their 14 year old son. Watched them become besties before our eyes.

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    Your final dumpster baby was adopted today! Miss Chessie found her people and is off to a fabulous life super lovely couple, one works from home, and they have a 2 year old kitty and a gentle older golden retriever to be Chessie's friends. They also have fish tanks and a koi pond, so lots of fun things to watch.

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