A Phoenix man was walking by a trash bin when he heard the sound of shrieking whimpers coming from inside. He quickly called the police and now this tragic beginning has a happy ending.
What was in the dumpster? Five kittens, still with umbilical cords, barely alive and left for dead.
"They looked lifeless," Officer Heath Krimm said. "They were very close to death." The temperature in the dumpster was about 102 degrees.
Krimm tried to take the babies to an animal hospital, but they wouldn't accept them. The kittens had been so neglected that they were developing bizarre behaviors. Kittens normally snuggle together and mew frequently; these were far apart and barely making any noise.
"They didn't look like baby kittens at the time," Krimm said. Just a few days old, they needed immediate care.
This horrible trend of leaving animals in dumpsters needs to end. Just last a month a cat named Lucy was found in a trash bin with gun shot wounds.
Krimm took the five kittens back to the Cactus Park Precinct and taught them how to bottle fed. She then took them home to her already large family of two cats and four dogs. That is one big heart!
After a few days, the kittens have made a ton of progress: They're beginning to eat formula and are getting back to acting like chipper, healthy babies.
"I also had to help them use the bathroom," she joked. "That's a whole other part of the job."
See how the kittens went from abused to happily ever after below.
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