The B.C. SPCA is asking for the public's help in identifying two people suspected of dumping three kittens into a garbage can on Vancouver Island.

The kittens were found in a garbage bin at the Departure Bay ferry terminal in Nanaimo, B.C., on July 27.

One of the kittens had extensive injuries and had to be euthanized.

Nanaimo SPCA branch manager Leon Davis called it "a very callous and clear-cut case of animal cruelty."

"These helpless animals, one of whom was suffering from multiple fractures and was in extreme pain and had to be put down, did not deserve this treatment," Davis said.

Anyone with information on this couple is asked to contact the Nanaimo SPCA branch. (SPCA)

"We now have video of the suspects, and we are asking them to turn themselves in. We would also like to ask the public for their assistance in solving the case."

Davis is asking anyone who knows the couple to contact authorities.

"There's quite a clear video of a lady putting this bag that was discovered into a garbage receptacle and leaving it. The video is very clear, you can see their faces very well. They're instantly recognizable to someone who knows them."