A clever way to rescue a kitten from a sewer pipe: food-flavoured towelling

Kitten hoisted from Colorado sewer pipe with towel rope

There is a neat way to rescue kittens from small-bore sewer and drainage pipes, which is to use a length of towelling flavoured with food, for example tuna. Towelling is best because it’s got more texture and it is easier for a kitten’s claws to get tangled up in it and to grab hold …

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Picture of quizzical firefighter and agitated black cat

Picture of quizzical firefigher and agitated black cat

This is another nice firefigther/rescue cat picture. He looks slightly quizzically at the camera as if he is not sure if he makes a decent photo and the black cat is bound to be agitated. That goes with the territory as these are very traumatic moments for cats. The firefighters are invariably calm going …

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Firefighter carries cat to owner after apartment fire

Firefighter carries cat to owner

“We know that your pets are your family and we take their safety very seriously…” In this short video a Phoenix firefighter hands over a grey cat that he has rescued from an apartment fire to his/her grateful owner who immediately places him into a cat carrier. It is relatively undramatic. There are no …

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Cat loves firefighter who found her among wreckage of Paradise fire

Cat loves firefighter who found her among wreckage of Paradise fire

Firefighter Ryan finds a cat among the wreckage of the Paradise fire and she sticks to him like glue. Ryan Coleman was drafted in from Madoc County to fight the infamous Camp Fire of California which has been so devastating to the communities. His first shift was on 10th Nov and he was naturally …

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Picture of firefighter with cage full of cats found in the road after California fire roared through

Cats in cage left in road as California fire roared through

The pictures are stark and harrowing. They show California Fire Captain Steve Millosovich carrying a cage full of cats that were found “in the road” after the Camp Fire had moved through the area on November 9th in Big Bend California. I presume it is called “Camp Fire” because the fire started in the …

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Pictures of cat and chicken buddies rescued from California fires

Cat and chicken rescued from California fires

The Grass Valley Fire Department rescued a cat and a chicken who were together at the front door of a residence in the midst of the horrendous fires in Northern California’s Shasta County. It looks like they were keeping each other company in the doorway. The fire department took them both in the same …

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