Photo: Amanda Sisson
‘Lumby Sixx’ on the day he was discovered.
A lady who discovered three kittens deserted within the snow a 12 months in the past says she’s involved the identical factor is happening once more in Lumby.
A pair of kittens was not too long ago present in a taped-up field on the aspect of Highway 6 close to Lumby.
They’ve since been placed in foster care, however have been left “for at the least a day or two” earlier than a Good Samaritan took them to White Valley Veterinary Services, the Okanagan Humane Society says.
News of that incident was upsetting for Amanda Sisson, who discovered a trio of kittens deserted alongside the freeway Nov. 11 final 12 months.
She says throughout a cease beside the freeway about two kilometres east of Lumby she heard meowing and found the cats in a gap within the snow.
“They would have died that night time, assured,” she says of the sub-zero temperatures.
Sisson turned again into Lumby and acquired some meals for the kittens.
She named one Lumby Sixx and saved the furball as a pet. Good properties have been additionally discovered for the opposite two.
“Seeing it occur once more is alarming,” the Kelowna resident mentioned.
“The subsequent time a snow plow glided by, it might have buried them, for certain.”
Sisson says it seems there’s a sample, and she or he’s hoping the offender may be discovered.
“It’s fairly regarding.”
She says many individuals can be completely happy to take a kitten “as an alternative of being so horrible.”
The humane society says it is sadly not unusual to obtain calls about deserted animals.
“We are seeing an enormous variety of deserted animals this 12 months. More than ever earlier than,” says Romany Runnalls with the OHS.
“People who can’t discover housing for themselves, not to mention themselves and animals, are opting to only transfer out and depart animals behind.”
Sisson says she’s “unsure how one can cease it,” however is “glad to have my Lumby Kitty.”
“He was simply hours from dying once we discovered him.”
