Overview

• Residents discovered a wriggling plastic bag on Norderstraße around 6:15 a.m. Friday and alerted authorities.
• Police and Tierheim Tensbüttel took in six neonatal kittens described as blind, deaf and still bearing umbilical cords.
• Shelter staff are bottle-feeding the litter every two hours, and their chances of survival remain uncertain.
• An investigation under Germany’s animal-protection law is underway, and police are seeking information on the person responsible.
• It is the third reported case of kitten abandonment in Meldorf since September 2024, with no confirmation the incidents are linked.