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  1. 06-20-2007, 12:12 PM #1
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    What does it take to rescue a kitten? 5 firefighters and 905 litres of water

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    What does it take to rescue a kitten? 5 firefighters and 905 litres of water
    Published: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 | 5:30 AM ET
    Canadian Press

    PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - It took two fire trucks, five firefighters, several animal rescuers and about 950 litres of water to rescue a two-pound kitten.

    Animal control officers tried coaxing the grey tabby out of a storm sewer drain with encouraging words and food Monday before giving up after about an hour and a half. Firefighters tried banging tools on one end of the pipe and flashing lights Monday night in hopes of driving him out the other end - but that didn't work either.

    It wasn't until firefighters flushed about 905 litres of water through the 25-to 38-centimetre pipe - enough to wet the kitten's paws - and the feline rushed into the hands of Firefighter Kevin Siers, who was standing inside a manhole.

    "We had about an hour and a half of fun," Siers said Tuesday. "Everybody was pretty tickled" when the cat emerged.

    After a very frightening day and night, the kitten seemed more relaxed and was warming up to humans, said Dan Hendrickson with the Humane Society of Parkersburg.

    A visitor to the shelter signed adoption papers Tuesday.
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    What a wonderful, HAPPY ending!!!

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    A wonderful story with a happy ending... adopted already!

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    I read that story too. A true feline, can take anything but wet feeties
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  5. 06-20-2007, 04:45 PM #5
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    How so sweet for a Happy Ending.. Great Story..

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    THATS A VERY HAPPY STORY AND WE ARE GLAD THAT THAT LITTLE KITTENS GOT A CHANCE NOW OF THAT SOMETIMES ELUSIVE FURR EVER HOME SOMETHING THAT MOST SAD STRAYS NEVER FIND.

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    NOW PRECIOUS AND SAM ARE TOGETHER WITH ETERNAL KITTENS SAMMY ,PRESLEY, SYLVESTER AND SCRATCHY JR , MIGHTY MARINA, COSMIC CARMEN, SAMSON ,UNDER KITTY AND SUNKIST AUTUMN & PUMPKIN.
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  7. 06-20-2007, 05:29 PM #7
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    Sounds like the Pet Angels Rescue Squad was secretly at work there!
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