Two extremely small kittens that had been аbаndоnеd the day after their birth were reported to North Carolina's Sparkle Cat Rescue, an all-volunteer animal welfare group. According to jail volunteer Sarah Kelly, "They were found two, without a mother, along the roadside."

A qualified nurse was urgently required to assist kittens. The kittens were sent across the state to foster care in North Carolina when Sparkle Cat Rescue volunteers got to work.