By Veronica Beltran

woman finds cats abandoned in plastic bins

“Karma…karma will get you,” says woman who found nine cats trapped in bins

Jul 16, 2019 | 2:37 PM

PRINCE GEORGE–Candice Muchowski says what she discovered July, 9th at a vacant property was “heart wrenching to see.”

The Assistant Property Manager discovered two plastic storage bins with nine cats who had been trapped inside for over a week. Muchowski was showing an empty residence to a contractor when she heard meowing coming from two bins she had assumed were full of garbage in the backyard of the residence, “I realized it was coming from the two…tupperware totes.”

Candice Muchowski says what she discovered last Tuesday was absolutely heart wrenching.

She opened up one of the bins, which had had the lids punctured with small holes for breathing. In the first bin there were five cats,drenched in urine and feces, and a small bowl of food that was covered in excrement. “They all jumped out, they were all cuddling around,” she says they were happy to see her and even though they were covered in filth, she didn’t care, she let them cuddle her. The second box contained another four cats.

Bins where the nine cats were discovered after being trapped inside for over a week.

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Muchowski and her three daughters looked after the cats before taking them straight to the vet.

“You see it on TV all the time…seeing it in real life…like how could somebody do this? They’re cats…they love.”–Candice Muchowski, Assistant Property Manager, discovered cats

The North Cariboo Branch SPCA is looking after the cats who range from kittens to adults, re-introducing them to food, and ensuring they stay healthy. Alex Dr. Schare, Animal Centre Services North Cariboo Branch, Manager says there were signs that the cats were probably neglected well before they were abandoned. “They were…very matted, more so than you would expect, even from just a week in those crates. So chances are they were actually neglected before that already and also had not been fed enough before that,” he said.

“Karma, Karma will get you, I hope.”–Candice Muchowski

The SPCA is asking anyone with information to come forward and contact their toll-free hotline: 1-855-622-7722.