Garbage truck driver spots two discarded tuxedo kittens on his route, immediately calls girlfriend to come save the sweet felines

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kalila courban
Feb 25, 2025 7:00 PM EST

Good meowrning, cat lovers! We all love a good rescue story, but it's hard not to feel frustrated by the all-too-common issue of people abandoning pets as if they were disposable objects rather than living, breathing beings who deserve love and care. Today's featured story is both heartbreaking and heartwarming, centering around a pair of adorable tuxedo kittens who were cruelly discarded—in the garbage. Can you believe that? We simply can't wrap our heads around it.

Thankfully, the world is still filled with kindhearted people who go out of their way to ensure the safety and well-being of animals in need. In this case, a local garbage truck driver was making his daily rounds when he spotted the two tiny kittens helplessly nestled among piles of trash. Without hesitation, he immediately called his girlfriend, a devoted cat lover, and urged her to come get them right away. She wasted no time, rushing to meet him at a nearby gas station to scoop up the fragile little babies.

From there, her journey as a new cat mom began. She bottle-fed and nurtured them, ensuring they received the love and care they had so cruelly been denied. In the end, she made the beautiful decision to keep one of the kittens herself and found a loving forever home for the other.

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    My boyfriend is a garbage truck driver and was on a normal Monday route when his worker grabbed a box to put it in the back he found 2 baby tuxedo kittens just left for trash. So my boyfriend called me immediately and I met him at a gas station and took them home with me to start
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    bottle feeding and give them a shot at living s hood life. It was a lot of work it was like having newborn twins Imao but it was an amazing rewarding experience knowing I saved these kittens! | ended up keeping one and I already had a older boy tuxe he was happy to have baby cat come into our lives
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  • To people like this, who step up when it matters most—you give us hope.

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  • This baby is ridiculously adorable. And to think that someone actually tossed this sweetheart in the trash! One person's trash is most certainly another person's most prized treasure. 

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    emccm I love Baby Cat, your boyfriend and you. I bet garbage workers see some of the most heartbreaking things at work.
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    brockclan216 They were found by the right person. What a happy home you have given to him and his sibling by finding a safe place for them as well. BTW the 3rd pic looks like a JC Penney's portrait
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    Migue_eee He's looking amazing!! Thank you for saving Baby Cat H
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    Nonchalant_Wand... He looks like he has a ski mask on and is about to rob a gas station! Very cute!
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    southside_jim Ohhhhh my god the first photo those little eyes
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    Toonces348 Thank you and your boyfriend for rescuing these wonderful fur purrsons.
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    YellowDreams1979 Omg I loved my baby tuxie. She was a lil goof trooper.
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