Petition: They Were Clean, Friendly, and Four Weeks Old. Someone Put These Kittens in a Box in a Dumpster.

Read more about Nicholas Vincent Read MoreOn a Saturday morning in late May, someone looking into a dumpster behind a building on Burnside Avenue in East Hartford, Connecticut heard something. East Hartford Animal Control took them in and began bottle-feeding them. Officers noted something that made the case worse rather than better: apart from the dirt from the dumpster, the kittens were clean, sweet, easy to handle, and clearly socialized to people. Someone had been caring for these kittens in a home, and then put them in a box and threw them in the trash. ✍ Sign the PetitionThis petition asks for something different from most: not a sentence, but a public education campaign.