Good Samaritan saves kittens after woman seen dumping them at Wilton Manors park

A woman was arrested Thursday after police say she was caught on camera dumping five kittens at a park in Wilton Manors.

The suspect, Katherine Luciano, was arrested after the footage recorded on April 5 sparked community outrage.

In the video, a woman can be seen “grabbing a taped box” from a red Kia and carrying it into Donn Eisele Park as another person stands and watches from the vehicle’s passenger side. She then opens the box and tosses out the cats.

Both people then left the area, police said.

NBC6 spoke to Peter Carey, who said he was walking his dog when he saw the woman dump the kittens.

“I didn’t really know what I was watching,” he said. When he realized what had happened, the pair was gone.

“I couldn’t go through the rest of my day just even thinking that I just saw what I saw and not do anything about it. So I tied my dog up and went to see in the bushes, and sure enough, I counted them. There was five of them, and they were super scared,” Carey said.

Carey took his dog home and came back with tuna, and said he was able to lure them to him.

The kittens have now been either adopted or taken in by rescue groups.

Luciano has been charged with animal cruelty and animal abandonment, and was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.