NEW MIAMI, Ohio (AP) – A police bomb squad that responded to a suspicious call at an Ohio church made an unexpected discovery: six newborn kittens and their mother inside a handbag.
The Butler County Sheriff’s Office says his bomb squad was called to a New Miami church Thursday. When responding officers heard purring instead of ticking that came from the black bag, they used their X-ray equipment to see what was inside.
The one-day-old kittens and their mother were found along with a note indicating they had been born on Wednesday.
“Mom’s name is Sprinkles,” the note also said. “She started giving birth at 2 p.m.”
In a post on the sheriff’s office’s Facebook page, it was said that the mother and kittens “are well and warm, welcoming and fed.” They were being cared for in a local human society.