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Cats falling from moving vehicle spark B.C. animal seizure

Significant number of cats located with abandoned travel trailer after truck fails to stop for RCMP
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Chase RCMP responded to multiple reports of cats falling from a travel trailer being hauled by a flat-deck truck on Squilax Anglemont Road on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. (File photo)

A significant number of cats were rescued after RCMP responded to a report of felines falling from a moving vehicle.

Around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, Chase RCMP received multiple reports of a suspicious, flat-deck truck hauling a travel trailer on Squilax Anglemont Road in the North Shuswap, said Sgt. Barry Kennedy in a media release.

“Disturbingly, callers reported that cats were falling out of the trailer while it was in motion,” said Kennedy.

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Lachlan Labere

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