Update on the Deceased Kitten Case on Hunters Mountain Road

Naugatuck, CT - On Saturday, 25 April 2020, Animal Control officer FALKOWSKI responded to a complaint of dumped kittens, and one ran over, in the roadway near 258 Hunters Mountain Road, Naugatuck.

Naugatuck Police Department and Naugatuck Animal Control posted to Facebook page looking for information regarding a possible suspect vehicle; a white car. The NPD requested anyone with information to contact Naugatuck Animal Control. As of this writing, they received one phone call.

On Monday, 27 April 2020, Naugatuck Animal Control was contacted by an individual who owns a white car and was in the location of Hunters Mountain Road on Saturday, 25 April 2020 at approximately 1100 hours. The person stated he was driving on Hunters Mountain Road, saw a kitten in the roadway that looked like it was sleeping and another kitten walking nearby. He said he stopped his car to check on the kittens and saw that the one in the road was deceased. He left the area after that.

On Tuesday, 28 April 2020, at approximately 1910 hours, the witness was again contacted to obtain exact facts surrounding this incident. The witness went outside to the front stoop of the residence, saw a white car stopped in the roadway. The witness did not see a person near the car, heard a car door close and the car drive away.

The witness saw something in the roadway where the car had been stopped and walked over to see what it was. The witness saw a kitten and it was not moving, and realized it was deceased and another kitten nearby, which the witness was able to capture.

The witness never saw the person and could not verify that the person in the white car had released the kittens. The witness did not see the car run over the kitten.

Naugatuck Animal Control observed the body of the kitten and saw that the kitten did not have visible injuries consistent with being run over or a vehicle strike. The kitten had visible signs that it had been deceased prior to the white car's arrival; other animal activity / insect activity.

A determination by Animal Control, given the facts of this case, the physical evidence on the deceased kitten and through the investigation, find that the kitten was deceased prior to the white car stopping.

It is unknown what the kitten actually died from, but it was not run over by a vehicle and it was deceased prior to the appearance of the white car in which the witness had provided. It is unknown if the kittens were feral or dumped at this location.