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Driver rescues kittens in trash bag which was thrown from a truck at Michigan rest stop.
MIDLAND, MI — Driving home from Cincinnati, a commuter saw a white garbage bag as it was thrown from the window of a pickup on an on-ramp to U.S. 23.
Still hours from home Thursday, Oct. 22, the driver felt compelled to pull over to find the trash bag.
“I saw the bag moving,” said Nikki Rayce, 48, of Midland. She ripped the knotted trash bag open and discovered three kittens inside. One of them was already dead, while two others were alive.
She brought them with her and decided to bury the one that had died in the backyard of her home. The two kittens are doing well and did not withstand any major injuries.
Rayce has fostered an estimated 400 animals in her home, which she has used as a base for helping animals waiting adoption for several years while working with the Midland County Humane Society.
The kittens, named Fortune and Blessing, joined a St. Bernard and a litter of kittens currently at her home. She said her family takes hard luck cases and jokes that her “crazy cat lady instincts must have been tingling” when she pulled over.
“There are other options,” she said to anyone thinking of abandoning or hurting an unwanted animal. “People look at animals as disposable, and they’re really not.”
According to Michigan law, a violation of animal custody law involving two or three animals or the death of any animal can result in a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment of up to one year, a fine up to $2,000, and community service up to 300 hours.
The law states that person shall not “abandon an animal or cause an animal to be abandoned, in any place, without making provisions for the animal’s adequate care, unless premises are vacated for the protection of human life or the prevention of injury to a human.”
Rayce posted a message calling whoever threw the bag from the truck “a dirt bag.”
She did not report the incident to police, she said, and could not describe the truck other than it was full-sized.
The two female kittens, about 7 or 8 weeks old, are nearly ready for adoption, Rayce said. Anyone interested in taking them in permanently can call the Humane Society in Midland County at 989-835-1877.
