The incident was reported at about 4 p.m. Thursday in the 5500 block of Meadowood Drive.

According to a police report, the man told an officer that he found the kitten in a wood pile behind his house.

An officer said the man told him he grabbed the kitten "and tried to tie a string around the kitten's neck," prompting the kitten to bite him on the thumb.

The man showed the officer a puncture through the top and bottom of his thumb.

"Both punctures were minor, with little bleeding," part of the police report read.

The officer said the kitten was very calm and wasn't aggressive unless provoked when he saw the animal.

The kitten was taken to the Speedway Street Department.