Ohio Bomb Squad Rescues 6 Kittens During 'Suspicious Package' Investigation

It took a bomb squad to uncover a “suspicious package” full of kittens.

The duffel bag carrying a cat and her six newborn kittens was left at a church in New Miami, located in Butler County, Ohio. The local sheriff’s office bomb squad responded to the call, but when authorities kept an ear out for ticking sounds, they heard purring instead, the Associated Press reported Friday (February 19).

X-Ray equipment showed the bomb squad that the duffel bag carried kittens. There was also a note explaining that the mother cat, Sprinkles, gave birth around 2 p.m. on February 17.

Butler County authorities made sure the kittens were cared for at the local shelter.

“The Butler County Bomb Unit was called to a suspicious package at a Church in New Miami,” the sheriff’s office shared on its Facebook page — along with photos of the kittens — on Thursday (February 18). “When Specialist Mike Grimes and Det. Detherage arrived, they didn’t hear ticking they heard purring!! There was a momma cat and her 6 one day old babies in the bag. There was a note left stating 'Sprinkles' went into labor yesterday 2/17. Momma and babies are warm, cozy and fed at the Animal Friends Shelter!!”

The shelter will update the public on Sprinkles and the kittens.

“(Sprinkles is) doing a fantastic job nursing and caring for her babies, and all 7 will be placed with their foster family this afternoon,” the Animal Friends Humane Society shared on Facebook.

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