The video was taken by a couple who were seen throwing a cage full of cats in San Bernardino, where temperatures reached triple numbers.
On May 30, Elizabeth Lumily was driving with a friend when she spotted a man and a woman who was throwing cats near the streets of remote dirt near Al Sharq 40 and Harrison.
“This is not human,” Lumily told KTLA from Shelby Nelson. “Imagine yourself sitting there without water, and there is no shade.”
Lomeli recorded the accident on her mobile phone. When you did not leave the cats immediately, the suspect is seen moving the cage next to it to remove the animals.
Inside the cage, four cats were about six weeks and an adult piece believed to be their mother.
Lumily and her friend decided to withdraw the couple and confront the couple. The suspect claimed that her local shelter would not accept cats, which led her to empty them. She also claimed that the cats were all the containers that I took.
Two of the suspected good Samaritans (in a gray shirt) face a cat cage in a remote piece in San Bernardino on May 30, 2025 (Elizabeth Lumily) The male suspect seemed angry after facing the dumping of cats in San Bernardino on May 30, 2025 (Elizabeth Lumily) A suspect was seen casting a cage full of cats at the dirt lot in the remote San Bernardino, where temperatures reached triple numbers on May 30, 2025. (Elizabeth Lamili) Two good Samaritans are suspected (wearing red and gray shirts) about throwing a cage of cats in a remote piece in San Bernardino on May 30, 2025. (Elizabeth Lumily) The female suspect pulls its empty cage after a family of cats was thrown in San Bernardino on May 30, 2025. (Elizabeth Lumily) The suspect is packed male and female while walking away after a family of cats was thrown in San Bernardino on May 30, 2025. (Elizabeth Lumily) Two good siblings suspected of females (at red and gray shirts) face a cage of cats in a remote piece in San Bernardino on May 30, 2025. (Elizabeth Lumily)
Lomeli’s friend, Kossondra Villasenor, recorded the accident on her phone. At one point, the suspects seemed combat, which led to a hot oral exchange.
“You are angry because we called you about cats,” Villasinor hears. “She came, comrades, to empty cats. The atmosphere is hot. This is not human at all!”
Lumily said that she decided to take the cats instead of allowing the couple to abandon them.
“I had to run and get a box because they did not want to give us the cage.”
When they went to recover the boxes from the car, the adult cat, which is believed to be the mother, from the area. The suspects, who appeared angry, fill their cage and erupted.
Lumily and Villasnur reported the accident with animal services in San Bernardino. The rescue shelter outside the state has since accepted cats in its care.
However, cat’s mother is still missing. The workers who have another rescue organization, Cats of San Bernardino, have not searched the cat to find it.
“We were walking on foot, using a drone, passing,” said Jaina Spagis, director of Katz Bernardino. “We managed to find three friendly cats and cats in that area while searching, so we believe that another person throws cats here or that the couple had threw some other cats in the area.”
Chris Watson, director of animal shelter in San Bernardino, states that the public could be a criminal act to empty animals in public places.
“This is an illegal abandonment of animals,” Watson said. “It is illegal to abandon any local animal, cat, or dog. You may experience imprisonment, high fines and/or test.”
The San Bernardino Police Department told KTLA that they had launched a criminal investigation into the accident.