SouthBARK: Two kittens pitched from car

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Loreen Mann is taking in two kittens that were pitched from a car on Dauphin Island Parkway.

Randall and Sherry Gurganus said they were at their home on Dauphin Island Parkway when they saw a car dump the kittens and drive off.

“I heard somebody banging on the car door ,and I see all these cats running in my yard and under my fence and knew then what had happened,” said Randall Gurganus.

“He came running in the back door, and he was all upset, visibly upset,” Sherry Gurganus explained. “We immediately stated feeding them and taking care of them. ”

The Gurganus kept the kittens for a week but couldn’t take care of them, so SouthBARK volunteer Loreen Mann stepped in to offer assistance.

“I think it's horrible. People are irresponsible and don’t get their animals spade or neutered then literally dump the kittens on the side of the road,” Mann said.

Sherry said there were three kittens but one of them ran off.  

“It’s a shame people will take an animal that can't defend itself and just throw it out somewhere and leave it for dead or hoping someone will take it,” she said.  

Randall said he got information on the driver.

“I ran out saying, ‘I got your tag number.’ But it doesn’t do any good because we don’t have very good animal laws here in the state of Alabama,” Randall said

Until new laws are passed, this kind of scene could repeat itself:

“The way the laws are set up here, it’s not mandatory to get your animals spade or neutered and a lot of times people aren’t educated that it’s really important and you have a lot of oops litters,” Mann said.

Sherry agreed, “When they release a little baby kitten to fend for itself they can't do it; they’re too young. It's just terrible people do that and we don’t have any tougher laws to protect them here. ”

Fortunately, the two kittens who Mann named Mocha and Cream Sickle, have survived.

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