10 cats found abandoned in carrier: BC SPCA [Video]

Several cats are in need of a home after a woman travelling through B.C. over the Thanksgiving weekend found the animals abandoned in a small carrier, the BC SPCA says.

The cats were found in a truck pullout on the side of the road in 70 Mile House, according to the charity. There were 10 tuxedo-coloured felines in total, including a mom with five kittens and another cat that was pregnant.

The woman called her husband, who then called the BC SPCA, the organization recounted in a media release Thursday.

“I was contacted by the helpline on the weekend. At the time we didn’t know where the cats had been found, only that they were on their way to Vancouver. We started to prepare for the cats to come into our care,” said Jodi Dunlop, manager of the BC SPCA’s Vancouver shelter. “The finder later informed us that she would …