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Eight Strangers Rescue Engine-Well Kitten; Couple Adopts

8/8/2026

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Avery and Eric Reneau rescued an orange kitten in a Hy-Vee parking lot in Owatonna, Minnesota.
Eight strangers, including store employees and the general manager, helped pull the kitten from the car’s engine well.
A Fairview Animal Medical Center vet diagnosed heavy flea infestation and bacterial conjunctivitis in one eye.
The couple bathed the kitten, fed it, named it Giuseppe “Juice” Verdi, and kept it.

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Story summary

Avery and Eric Reneau rescued an orange kitten in a Hy-Vee parking lot in Owatonna, Minnesota.
Eight strangers, including store employees and the general manager, helped pull the kitten from the car’s engine well.
A Fairview Animal Medical Center vet diagnosed heavy flea infestation and bacterial conjunctivitis in one eye.
The couple bathed the kitten, fed it, named it Giuseppe “Juice” Verdi, and kept it.