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Kittens fell from undercarriage of vehicle, were not thrown, police find

ESSEX, Ont. — Provincial police say they've concluded an investigation into allegations that a kitten was thrown from a moving vehicle in Essex, Ont., and found no wrongdoing.

Police say a witness reported seeing a kitten thrown from the driver's side door of the vehicle as it left a fast food drive-thru on the evening of Sept. 3.

They say the witness took the kitten to a veterinary clinic, but it later died.

A second kitten was found in the area, but it had also died.

Investigators say they interviewed the driver and found that a kitten was not, in fact, thrown from the vehicle.

Instead, they say, kittens seem to have fallen from the vehicle's undercarriage.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 1, 2020.

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