(NewsCore) - A cat is lucky to be alive after he was found with his paws glued to a highway.
A couple found the cat, which has been named Timothy, on the side of a Minnesota interstate highway thinking it had been injured by a car, KSFY.com and Fox News reported.
But the cat was stuck and its paw pads were ripped off by the glue when the couple removed him from the road, the site reported.
Members of animal adoption organization, Second Chance Rescue, expressed outrage at the treatment of the cat.
"It's a mouth dropper because you are just like are you kidding me? But they did it," Rosey Quinn, member of Second Chance Rescue, told KSFY.com.
Timothy is currently with a foster family as he recovers. Second Chance members say he may be up for adoption eventually.