18 kittens left outside the shelter

[Catherine]

On Monday morning a Wisconsin animal shelter found a plastic bin with 18 kittens in it. They appear to be from 3 different litters. It is unknown how long they were out side the building. It is not clear if the 18 were all the kittens that were left. Other than that the shelter knows nothing about the kittens.

This particular shelter has it set up so that animals don't  have to be left unattended like that.  There are drop off set ups so animals can be left safely.

http://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/20...747427001/

They are making the appeal to people to surrender pets safely. Don't just abandon them. 

Not all shelters have places where pets can be dropped off like that, but the shelters are there to help and will take in pets no matter why they are being surrendered. Bringing the pet or pets in for surrender means the pet has a history. It can keep its own name. In the case of the kittens the shelter could know the age of the kittens. All these things help make it less traumatic for the animal being surrendered and they make it easier for the animal to be adopted.

So anyone out there who needs to give up a pet, please surrender it to a shelter and spare it the trauma of abandonment.