A cat was found in a basement with four kittens in a laundry basket by a person cleaning a vacant home.

Lori White, a volunteer of Alliance for Responsible Pet Ownership (ARPO), an animal rescue in Indiana, was contacted about a feline family of five (a mother and her four kittens) found inside a vacant home.

When a Good Samaritan who had been hired to clean the property, walked into the basement, she couldn't believe what she saw. "She found a cat and her babies in a laundry basket with no food or water to be found in the house," Lori shared with Love Meow.

"The house was locked with a lockbox so I don't know how long they were left there."