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Four kittens were found zip-tied together under a shopping cart at a shopping center in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

Two of the orange tabbies died, while two surviving ones — who have tentatively been named Frodo and Sam— received emergency care at an animal shelter

Medical staff estimated the kittens were under five days old

Two kittens are fighting for their lives after being discovered zip-tied together in the parking lot of a shopping center.

The kittens were found beneath a shopping cart in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., according to Jessica Gercke, a representative from the Helen Woodward Animal Center, in an email to PEOPLE.

Gercke shared that the two orange tabbies — who are tentatively named Frodo and Sam — were rushed to the shelter by an employee who worked at the

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