KUALA LUMPUR: A terrified tabby kitten was found abandoned in a pet carrier on the roadside after being callously thrown from a car by its owner.
In a TikTok video posted by @sue.mayang, the kitten can be seen confused by its new surroundings. The kindhearted rescuer gently picks it up to take it to her home.
The caption notes that, fortunately, the kitten did not sustain any injuries despite being discarded by its previous irresponsible caretaker.
The video has garnered over one million views and 121,700 likes as netizens express their outrage towards the careless act towards a beloved pet.
@whos_neesa commented: "The poor kitten, I pray that whoever threw it away lives a stressful life."
User @nuruljamail remarked that humans should be grateful not to be born as animals and urged others to "not act cruelly towards all beings."
The video also prompted viewers to share their own stories about encountering abandoned pets.
@ickaatiqah said her former neighbour put a cat in a sack and discarded it.
"My old neighbour threw away her cat in a tied sack; not long after, she got into a car accident."
This prompted a response from @michellechan75, who shared that her neighbour ran over a cat and left it there, only to later fall down the stairs and fracture her leg.
In response, user @sha09673 said: "Every act of cruelty towards animals will be met with consequences."