Police are searching for a woman they say keeps abandoning kittens outside a Metuchen supermarket.

In the latest incident, two 8-week-old kittens were discovered Tuesday morning in onion bags outside the Whole Foods along with a note that read “Please take free baby cat to your home.”

Authorities believe it’s the fourth of fifth time the same person, described as an older woman with short black hair wearing a blue top and beige slacks, has abandoned kittens, according to a statement from Edison Township.

“We wish she would just phone us to surrender kittens and ask for help spaying or neutering her pets," Edison Animal Shelter staffer Amy Ray said in the release. “New Jersey has many low-cost clinics that offer those services. She does not have to leave them as ‘free kittens.’ Shelters like ours and rescue organizations are glad to help get kittens adopted.”

A pair of kittens were found abandoned in onion bags at a Metuchen Whole Foods.Friends of the Edison Animal Shelter

The kittens left this week were in good health and were taken in by the Edison Animal Shelter, and the hope is that they will be soon be adopted, Ray said.

The woman was seen leaving the supermarket Tuesday and heading toward a trail called the Middlesex Greenway.

A shelter representative told NJ Advance Media the woman has apparently asked people before to take kittens before dumping them, but nobody’s ever reported the incidents to the shelter or police.

"Until someone decides to call the police when they see her with the kittens instead of after she walks away, she will keep doing it,” the shelter representative, who did not give their name, said.

Anyone with information about the woman was asked to call the Metuchen police at 732-632-8500 or the shelter at 732-248-7278.

Chris Sheldon may be reached at csheldon@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @chrisrsheldon Find NJ.com on Facebook.

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