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Kitten thrown from window of moving car in southern Ontario, suspects sought

The OSPCA is investigating after a kitten was thrown from the window of a moving car in southern Ontario. OSPCA/Handout

WELLAND, Ont. — Ontario’s animal welfare agency is looking for suspects after witnesses watched someone toss a kitten out of a moving car in southern Ontario.

The Ontario Society for Prevention and Cruelty to Animals says the incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. in Selkirk, Ont.

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Witnesses say they saw a black, four-door sedan slow down along Main St. as someone threw a 12-week old kitten out the window.

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The Welland and District branch of the OSPCA says the witnesses immediately helped the white and brown cat before calling their officers who rushed it to a veterinarian.

The agency says the male kitten broke its leg in the fall.

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