Posted on 09/02/2018 3:59:12 AM PDT by vannrox
A kind-hearted man spent seven hours digging through piles of wood to save a litter of tiny kittens in the dumpster.
Courtesy: Cliff
A month ago, Cliff heard meowing coming from a pile of wood in the dumpster. He spotted a little helpless kitten hanging onto scraps of wood, letting out a few faint cries. Soon he discovered that there were more than one kitten.
"They got dumped in the dumpster, then there was wood dumped on top," Cliff told Love Meow.
He spent hours digging through piles of wood and steels to save the abandoned kittens. They were so young that their eyes just opened.
Courtesy: Cliff
He first located the whereabouts of the kittens and then carefully dug through the piles to retrieve them. After hours upon hours of digging, he got all the kittens, but one didn't survive.
"Mom chose a huge box to give birth in and kittens got thrown in dumpster," Watching Over Whiskers said.
Courtesy: Cliff
This is where Cliff found the kittens.
Courtesy: Cliff
Cliff got a tiny gray kitten out from under a pile of wood scraps. He put the fur baby on his lap and gave the little one some much needed TLC.
He placed a tiny kitten in his pocket to keep warm and continued to look for others.
Courtesy: Cliff
After hours of rummaging, he got all the kittens out of the dumpster.
Courtesy: Cliff
The kittens were so young that they would need around-the-clock care.
Courtesy: Cliff
Cliff and his family began to look for help, and after a lot of searching, one rescue group responded and offered to help with open arms.
Courtesy: Cliff
The good folks from Watching Over Whiskers (Springfield, Missouri) took the kittens into their care. The babies got baths, full bellies and a warm bed to sleep in.
Courtesy: Watching Over Whiskers
"They got milk all over each other they were so hungry," the rescue group said.
One of the gray babies crossed the rainbow bridge. The little buddy fought hard.
Courtesy: Watching Over Whiskers
Two of the kittens are smaller, so Roxy, a beautiful rescue mama, is giving them milk and lots of TLC.
Courtesy: Watching Over Whiskers
Despite a hard beginning, these kittens are now thriving at their foster home. The kindness from their rescuer and the unconditional love from their caregivers and surrogate mom have turned their lives around.
Now they are learning to explore and are excited about their new adventures in life.
Courtesy: Watching Over Whiskers
Share this story with your friends. If you would like to support their rescue efforts, click here to see how you can help. There are a lot of kitties looking for homes at Watching Over Whiskers, click here to meet them. Follow these fur babies and their updates at Watching Over Whiskers' Facebook page.
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Then you - of all people - should know how hard it is to keep feral kittens alive and well. Almost impossible since they will not let you touch them until they are dying.
I would have said the same if you were tending household plants with the same success rate (four out of five).
Your words just sounded funny. I hope you understand that.
Got one of the best dogs I’ve ever
owned in this manner. 12 puppies
in a dumpster behind a 7-11. I
kept one for myself, and found
homes for the others.
No, I didn’t understand that.
Ferals do not have long lives and when 4 kittens showed up at my door I had no control over how two were hit by cars, one showed up dying of some illness (and was euthanized against my will by the local clinic that I took her to) and one survives to live off the only food she gets at my hand. You cannot handle wild cats like you do house cats. We were very sad to see those 3 cats die; we’re happy one survived.
We are wealthy. I do not begrudge others who wish to expend their resources in such fashion.
We will have to disagree on feral cats.
But I love your page on Texas!
Now all he has to do is put up a GoFundme page, and his fortune is made!
Why thank you, Sweetie!
You made mu day! I'm so PC illiterate, it took me weeks to do all that!
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That's wonderful. Thank you.
It breaks my heart to read stories like this. These kittens will have a good life but they were very lucky. What kind of person throws tiny kittens into a dumpster? Take them to a shelter! It’s not that tough.
Thanks for posting and God bless that man.
While you are very right in what you say, your post is a bit of a downer on what was meant to be a positive post. Love your gun posts, BTW. Keep up the good work.
CC
I am thinking inner cities and welfare queens.
Thank you for sharing this lovely story.
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