NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A Long Island woman was charged Tuesday by the Suffolk County SPCA after she left two 8 week-old kittens in her hot car at the LIRR Ronkonkoma station overnight for seven hours.
Kimberly McKinley, 23, of Ridge in Suffolk County was charged with confinement of companion animals in a vehicle in extreme temperatures.
"On the morning of July 16, 2019, we received a call from the MTA Police that kittens had been left in a vehicle at the Ronkonkoma Train Station," the SPCA said in a statement. "The temperature outside at the time was 81 degrees F at 9 am in the morning."
The kittens were left unattended in the car from 2 a.m. until 9 a.m.
The kittens were removed from the vehicle and transported to Brookhaven Animal Shelter, the SPCA said.
McKinley is scheduled to appear in First District Court in Central Islip on September 16, 2019.
"The Suffolk County SPCA has been continuously reminding people that leaving an animal in a car can lead to a tragedy," the group said. "Many animals left in vehicles unattended have died from complications of exposure. Animals have a hard time staying cool, leaving them extremely vulnerable to heatstroke and or death. Avoid this unnecessary tragedy."
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