Overview

• Workers discovered the kittens on October 7 while emptying a clothing-donation container on Braubacher Straße in Lahnstein.
• Police opened a criminal probe for violations of the Tierschutzgesetz and requested information from potential witnesses.
• Investigators are proceeding against unknown persons and have not announced any arrests or identified suspects.
• A similar find was reported in Lahnstein two months earlier, when dead kittens were found in a container on Dr. Walter-Lessing-Straße.
• The surviving kitten was rescued at the scene, while two others were already dead.