UPI – Animal welfare officers in Florida, United States rescued a kitten trapped inside a drainage pipe.
The Escambia County Animal Welfare team stepped in after an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office employee heard the kitten’s cries near the Escambia Regional Juvenile Detention Center.
Lead Animal Welfare Officer Sergeant Merideth Roberson responded to the location and initially tried to use videos of a mother cat to lure the feline closer to the opening.
“I played mama cat noises again, then I saw his beady little eyeballs way at the end of the tunnel,” Roberson said in a news release.
The kitten declined to come any closer, so Roberson donned a headlamp and climbed into the drain. She said she had to crawl about 50 yards to reach the kitten.
“I was a little scared crawling down in there,” she said. “I’m just super thankful that I’ve had the opportunity to do things like this and that I’ve received training to do my job the best that I can do.”
The kitten, now named Pipes, was taken to a veterinarian for a check-up and will soon be available for adoption at the Escambia County Animal Shelter.
