Six kittens are safe in new homes after being rescued from drowning by a trio of brothers in Prince Edward Island.
Debbie Dunn says earlier this week her oldest son Gary was driving by on a tractor at their Elmsdale farm when he noticed a stranger walking down an embankment with a bucket.
The man got in his car and hurried off. Dunn says Gary went down to the brook to investigate, where he found the man’s bucketcontaining nine kittens.
“He had carried them down in the bucket and then proceeded to just throw them into the water,” Dunn told CTV News.
“He was intent on drowning them.”
Dunn said all the kittens were in the brook when Gary found them. He jumped in to rescue them, and was soon joined by his brothers, Andy and Ian.
“He scooped them all up as fast as he could,” Dunn said.
“Two died and one little guy ran off into the bush. They searched and searched but there was no sign of him.”
Dunn said the family thinks the kittens may have come from two separate litters.
“Just little, bitty guys. Gosh yeah. Their eyes weren’t much more than open,” she said.
Dunn’s son Ian later took to Facebook to share a picture of the kittens and the story of their plight.
It has since been shared nearly 300 times.
At least 36 people called to offer homes for the kittens, and within a few hours four of the six had found homes across the province, Dunn said.
Dunn said she’s pleased the story had a happy ending, and is even happier for her sons’ role in it.
“I’m pretty proud of them.”
P.E.I. RCMP are investigating the animal cruelty case and are asking anyone with information to contact them.
