PHOTO: Firefighters in Frederic came to the rescue of some feline friends Monday. Captain David Pratt and Lieutenant Kurt Nitschke with the Frederic Fire Department rescued three boxes of kittens left on County Rd. 612. According to a post on the fire department’s Facebook page, the kittens were found abandoned near the woods. Crawford County Animal Control says 21 kittens and two mother cats were found in the boxes.