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I live at a horse and small farm animal rescue. One day in July 2013, as our director was leaving the ranch, she noticed a truck pull over by the vacant property next door. A woman got out, opened the passenger door, and threw something out into the heavy brush. Then she took off.

Our director went to see what was up and saw a kitten. She tried getting to her, to no avail, so she called me to help.

When I got out there, the kitten had crossed the road, then back again. We were finally able to get her when she went under and up into the undercarriage of the director's truck. We managed to get her out, but the poor thing was terrified.

We were shredded and dirty, but, luckily, there was a towel in the truck. We wrapped the kitten in that, and I took her back to the catio. It took about a week for her to settle in, but she has become the sweetest thing.

It turned out that the woman who tossed her was the housekeeper at a ranch down the road. When confronted with throwing Tosser out to be eaten by coyotes or bobcats (we have many of both), she at first denied it. Then she said she did it because the cat had fleas. We reported her license number to the police but never saw the truck again or heard anything about it.

Once she calmed down enough for us to hold her, got flea meds, and got her fur combed, it turned out she wasn't a kitten after all, just a very small cat. We named her Tosser since she was tossed away, and she now rules the roost!

Story submitted by Sharon Carter from Winchester, California.

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