Alley Cat Rescue helped saved the lives of two tiny kittens and their terrified mother last month after a passerby reported that children were throwing rocks at the petrified animals.
Upon witnessing the distressing scene, the concerned supporter retrieved two kittens — unfortunately, two other kittens had reportedly already died, and the mother had fled in terror.
The cat rescue organization immediately took in the two surviving kittens, returning to the scene the following day to search for the queen. June Bug, as she was later named, was spotted hiding under a nearby parked car, and the team humanely trapped her and reunited her with her two babies.
Although traumatized by the experience, June Bug, Star and Boo were uninjured and remain in foster care, in preparation for adoption.
Based in Maryland, Alley Cat Rescue helps stray cats and street cat communities by using a method known as Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR). They also utilize a wide variety of methods to promote early-age de-sexing, provide assistance with behavioral problems, and run programs to keep cats from entering shelters, along with humanely reducing feral cat colony numbers.
Cruelty to animals perpetrated by children can be a symptom of other behavioral issues, and may also indicate a predisposition for further criminal activity later in life.
“It saddens me that children can be so cruel to injure young, helpless kittens,” says Louise Holton, President and Founder of Alley Cat Rescue. “Animals are sentient beings and deserve our compassion and care. Cruelty towards animals can be a precursor to cruelty to humans. Parents should be made aware of this.”
Alley Cat Rescue are advocates for humane education and have taught various classes at elementary schools and Girl Scout groups, teaching children to be more kind and empathetic towards animals.
“When we have taught at local schools the children have been really engaged and interested in learning more about cats,” said Director of Operations Denise Hilton. “It is so important to teach children compassion for animals at a young age, while they are so impressionable.”
its truly sad that children are the ones doing such cruel things to animals..but i believe that they have been taught cruelty by the parents..children learn what they see..and hear..but it doesnt excuse what they did..i pray that the parents have been notified and that these children will be punished..but i also believe that kerma will get them..what u put out comes back to u..
I expect their parents are sooooo proud of the worthless, cruel pieces of human trash that they have ‘raised’ Age should be NO excuse for not punishing the offenders, so don’t bother telling them to ‘be good’ as these delinquents will NOT change,
Terrible cruelty; thank you for helping these kittens and their mum.
Those little bastards need their miserable butts kicked. Poor babies who didn’t survive. Why didn’t the person who videoed this, stop it??
Why didn’t these “passerbys” stop this !
They sadly were only able to save 2 of the 4 kittens .. and later the momma cat.
I’m more worried that these vile little shits stains .. Seem to be allowed by their parents to do what
ever they wish. What I LOVE to see is the parents punished by watching their little angels
pelted with rocks until they cease to breath. Little demonic brats .. should NOT be allowed to exist.
PURE EVIL
vile little bastards, karma will get them in the end :(:(
Sick little bastards are future serial killers in the making, they need to be pelted with rocks!
Throw them in a cell and pelt them to death with rocks.
Was sind das nur für schreckliche, fehlentwickelte Kinder?! Ich bin hier für eine Bestrafung nicht nur dieser Kinder, sondern auch der Eltern!
Children are mirror images of their parents!!!!!!!
Brats. I’d like to wring their friggin necks.
Whom are their parents, they need to stop this behavior every psychopath starts off as a child torutring animals. KIds have lost their innocence and their parents have lost their will to raise their kids right.
Children who will inflict such horrific animal cruelty on innocent creatures have parents that simply DON’T CARE. This is why this country needs STRONG Animal Protection Laws and penalties for abusers that are tough enough to put them behind bars for long time. The only way this will happen is for large numbers of the American public to contact and work with their state lawmakers, convincing them to be willing to introduce, support & HELP PASS this type of Legislation. Too many people are not willing to do this. They would just rather have it magically happen. Our lawmakers are not going to do anything until their constituents demand it.
…children?!?…NO WAY…just LITTLE MONSTERS!!! Say TRUE TRUE next time please! Monsters! Thank You!!!
I don’t give a shit about the “they will be cruel to people too” BS! I DESPISE kids because so many are cruel to animals! I’m an animal lover & find most humans to be jerks. I don’t allow kids in my home!
One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it.
~ Margaret Mead
I am livid still!! the more I think about it~~ the more hatred fills my heart…why in hell arent thes shits arrested?? where is the location of these abusers.. they will continue to hurt helpless animals UNLESS they and the stupid parents are punished.. Please release more information on them so that justice can be served!!!!
In Los Angeles, we DO have an animal cruelty task force in the LAPD, animal cruelty of this magnitude is a FELONY, these rotten little RODENTS would spend time in juvie for what they did, and their parents would be held accountable! The way it should be! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PARENTS ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO DISCIPLINE OR SPANK THEIR CHILDREN!!! POLITICAL CORRECTNESS HAS GONE TOO FAR!!! WE ARE RAISING A NATION OF CRUEL, SELFISH NARCISSISTIC SOCIOPATHS, ONE DAY THEY WILL BE IN CHARGE, WE WILL BE SENIOR CITIZENS WHO ARE VULNERABLE TO THEIR TEMPERAMENTS, AND IT WILL NOT GO WELL FOR A LOT OF US!! And it will be too late to be able to do anything about it! Idiots!!!
So true!
I totally agree with you.
I am just glad that someone saved the momma and at least two of her babies. It’s a shame that they couldn’t save all of the babies. 🙁
Wouldn’t bother me ONE bit if these DEMON children burn ALIVE in a fiery car crash!!!!
I agree 100% kids are cruel little monsters, & yet parents keep taking them into the homes of those of us who are child free like they think we’ll love their little maggots once we see what we’re missing! NOT!
i totally agree with you!!