Pile of kittens found in trunk of car on way to demolition. See the fuzzy babies
A group of tiny, newborn kittens have been reunited with their mother after dodging a major brush with death in New York.
On March 12, workers at a junkyard in Massapequa came upon an unexpected discovery when checking out a car that was set to be demolished that day: a pile of fluffy 2-week old kittens, who were snuggled together in the trunk, John DeBacker, the vice president of Long Island Cat & Kitten Solution (LICKS), said to McClatchy News.
DeBacker himself rushed to the scrapyard in order to assess the situation.
“I arrived on scene quickly to get the babies to safety and warm them up before transporting them to a bottle-feeder in Levittown, Deb Oliver, as we did some digging around where the car came from,” DeBacker said.
Newborn orphan kittens are extremely fragile and have a high mortality rate before reaching 12 weeks of age due to different natural conditions, like low birth weight, Maddie’s Fund says.
Thankfully, DeBacker was able to figure out where the mother might be.
“The following morning, we learned the car was towed from an Amityville tow-yard, only a few miles from where the kittens were discovered and we set up traps to snag the mom,” DeBacker told McClatchy.
DeBacker even got the rescue on film and posted it to his Facebook page.
Mom and kittens have since been reunited and mom will be available for adoption soon.
This story was originally published March 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM with the headline "Pile of kittens found in trunk of car on way to demolition. See the fuzzy babies."