Originally posted by catnapper
Maybe the kitten slipped out when they were walking something out to a car
In England it is the normal thing to have inside/outside cats. Indeed my own are but I didn't let my kits out until they were 6 months old and altered. They had supervised visits on leases for several weeks before they were allowed free range.
There might be a broken hearted child somewhere looking for their kitty.
If I see the kitten, I'll catch it and return to the owners with a warning. If I see such a young cat out on it's own again, I'll take it to the shelter to get a proper home. One escape is an accident but 2/3 times is a careless owner.

But some people just don't care. I left my house one day to go to work, letting Milly & George out with me but I left Bramble & Tigs (they were about 10 weeks old at the time) inside the house, playing on the front room's windowsill.

This lady who was walking her kids to the local school, stopped me and asked if I knew I had left two more cats inside my house. I thanked her for her concern and explained they were much too young to be let outside.

She said 'nonsense her kittens were let out at 8 weeks old...mind you they were stupid and got run over and her kids got upset'.

I couldn't believe it, 8 week old kittens are like babies you don't let them out on their own and THEN wonder why they get hurt. RIP sweet kittens.