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The deputy heard noises coming from the inside of the suitcase.
March 4, 2021 9:28 pm
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Seven kittens that were found on the side of the road in a suitcase are now resting safely at the Capital Humane Society.
All of the kittens were taken to a local veterinary office to be checked out before being released to the Capital Humane Society.
“They’re in pretty good shape. They’re a little on the thin side, which is to be expected, but they’re very active so that’s a positive sign,” Shannon Martin Roebuck, the Executive Director at Capital Humane Society said.
Now investigators are trying to learn who dumped them there.
Chief Lancaster County Sheriff’s Deputy Ben Houchin said they got sent out to 6200 W. Holdrege St. at 7 p.m. to check out a suspicious item and found the suitcase.
A deputy found the suitcase, heard noises coming from inside and unzipped it.
“Someone had thrown the suitcase in a ditch with seven kittens in it,” Houchin said.
Five of them were so young their eyes weren’t yet open, he said. Two others were older. The mother was there but ran off. The sheriff’s office called the Capital Humane Society, which came out and took the kittens to be checked out at a veterinarian, and is working to try to catch the mother to reunite her with the kittens.
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Authorities say seven kittens were found in a ditch west of Lincoln.
March 4, 2021 4:00 pm
A Lancaster County Sheriff’s deputy located the suitcase and heard noises coming from inside.
LSO says five of the kittens were very young and did not have their eyes open yet, while two of them were older.
All of the kittens have been taken to a veterinary office to be checked out. Once they’re released, they will be taken to the Capital Humane Society.
The kittens’ mother was in the area but ran off. Humane Society employees are attempting to locate the mother and reunite her with the kittens.