Cats Abandoned in Flooded Miami Parking Lot

Surveillance footage shows a person throwing cats and kittens from a vehicle onto a rain-covered paved area beside the Greater Miami Humane Society in North Miami Beach on November 1, when heavy rain had left the area underwater. The vehicle then drove away while some of the animals were near or beneath it.

Humane Society staff noticed the animals soon afterward and rushed outside to bring them indoors. The shelter said all of the cats and kittens survived. Accounts of the total differ: one puts the number at 13, while another says 14.

The shelter’s executive director, Jossie Aguirre, said the animals could have been left at a safe place instead. The facility was open at the time and could have accepted them, a shelter representative said.

The Humane Society gave authorities the vehicle’s license plate information. Investigators are working to identify the person responsible and have video of the incident, along with details about the vehicle. The shelter said the rescued animals need adopters or foster homes.