Kittens Found Zip-Tied to Shopping Cart Nearing Full Recovery

Two ziptied newborn kittens found in shopping cart expected to recover

It seems kittens Frodo and Sam are fighters, tiny tabby furry fighters. A month after they and three other newborn kittens were found zip-tied — and with umbilical cords still attached — in a shopping cart, the two orange tabbies are “going to make a full recovery,” the Helen Woodward Animal Center said in a news release Friday. The Rancho Santa Fe-based nonprofit said “it’s looking like the brothers will live full, healthy lives.” The other kit…

Kittens found zip-tied to shopping cart nearing full recovery

Above: KUSI report from May 21, 2025 on the kittens found zip-tied to a shopping cart. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Two kittens who had been taken to the Helen Woodward Animal Center after they were found zip-tied to a shopping cart in Riverside County earlier this year are nearing a full recovery. The orange tabby kittens — named Frodo and Sam after characters from "Lord of the Rings" trilogy — had a near dire prognosis when they were brought to th…