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SANGER, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A kitten was miraculously saved Sunday from a 3.5" sewage tube aft being stuck since the Fourth of July.
A nonmigratory of a location successful Sanger had contacted firefighters and carnal power Friday aft she recovered a kitten was stuck successful her sewage line, but to nary avail, neither could help. That is erstwhile Kyle Kirkland, Founder of the Kirkland Foundation, says they were contacted.
The kitten had seemingly crawled into the sewage tube aft attempting to fly the fireworks ignited connected the Fourth of July and had been stuck since.
"We spent the amended portion of the past mates of days trying to excavation him retired and fig it out. It was decidedly nerve-wracking," Kirkland said.
Kirkland recalls spending a full time digging to get the kitten retired but by the end, helium had managed to marque his mode towards the street, distant from rescue.
"We thought we were gonna suffer him."
Picking their brains, Kirkland reached retired to Roto-Rooter plumbing successful Sanger and utilized their camera provender acceptable up attached to a instrumentality to spot wherever the kitten was.
"By happenstance, the kitten was each the mode to the thoroughfare successful the sewer and helium grabbed onto the extremity of the camera. So we managed to reel him up a spot and we fundamentally recorded him crawling done the 3.5" tube astir each the mode up. Then helium got adjacent to us, stopped again, and past grabbed connected and we pulled him out," helium recalled.
Kirkland says they played sounds of parent cats calling their kittens to lure the small feline closer— a concealed extremity helium shares to assistance anyone trying to get a kitten retired of a pickle.
The alleviation aft the kitten was pulled from the tube was overwhelming.
"It was similar the country from The Lion King erstwhile they clasp up the small one, it was unbelievable," helium said. "You ne'er saw 4 dudes effort truthful hard not to burst retired crying successful beforehand of each other."
Kirkland reassures the erstwhile stray kitten volition apt beryllium adopted with their sibling by the nonmigratory who recovered them connected her property.
"We rescue tons of cats and kittens. About 16,000 since 2016. This was apical 5 successful presumption of challenge, stress, and affectional relief."
