Kitten Trapped in Drain for a Week Rescued by Arizona Firefighters

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A tiny kitten trapped in a city drain in Phoenix, Arizona, was saved by the fire department in a two-day operation. It is thought the ginger kitten had been trapped for up to a week before it was rescued and taken to the Arizona Humane Society (AHS) for treatment.

Phoenix Fire Station 61 was called in to help after it received multiple calls from members of the public saying they could hear "meowing" coming from a sewer pipe near 20th Street and Indian School Road. The department worked with the AHS during a two-day operation to remove the kitten from the pipe.

A video of the rescue was released by the AHS. In it, firefighters lift the drain cover and peer down into the hole. The kitten's cries can be heard and they set a trap for it. The following day they return and the kitten has been caught. "There you are!" one of the firefighters says before the team lifts the trap from the hole.

The AHS took the kitten to be examined by vets at the AHS' Second Chance Animal Trauma Hospital. It is now being treated for fleas. "Word on the street is that one of the firefighters on scene is interested in adopting the little squirt," the AHS wrote in a Facebook post. "Wags and purrs for our friends at Phoenix Fire Station 61."

According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 6.3 million pets are sent to animal shelters every year. Of these, approximately 3.2 million are cats.

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1. I have a new kitten-- also too adventurous

She gets herself into the most precarious situations, but is confined to the house, so at least she's only so far slid into a deep bath tub (empty, fortunately) and had to cry and cry before we heard and rescued her.
She doesn't seem to be learning much discretion, sigh.