A tiny kitten was discovered in a dire predicament, its innocent head trapped within the confines of a narrow pipe.
It’s a story with a happy ending for “Pipe Cleaner”. The kitten was named after being extracted from a steel pipe in which it had become entangled!
Pipe Cleaner was lucky. The curious and adventurous kitten had the bad idea of sinking into a steel pipe. Result ? His little head got stuck there! Fortunately, people found him in time and worked hard to save him, as reported by Hindustan Times .
Pipe Cleaner was taken in by a shelter
It was the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society shelter , having taken in little Pipe Cleaner , which recounted his misadventure on social networks. “ Last week our officers received a call about a little kitten with its head stuck in a steel pipe – and it was really stuck in there!” their Facebook post read.
The shelter explains that police officers quickly went to the scene and tried on their own to dislodge the cat. When the members of the shelter joined them, they in turn tried a few methods. But nothing helped, the kitten was completely stuck.
The kitten was saved thanks to the intervention of the firefighters
Faced with their inability to get the cat out of the pipe, the members of the shelter had to resort to contacting the firefighters. Once at the scene of the incident, they managed to remove the baby carefully and without hurting him.
The shelter’s Facebook post sparked a lot of excitement and many comments. Some praise the compassion of the first responders who did not hesitate to try to save the kitten. Others highlight the prowess of the fire department.
As detailed by the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society , Pipe Cleaner is now waiting for a family to adopt him. Its adoption cost is only $25.
Future owners will certainly be delighted by this little face. But they will have to keep a close eye on this intrepid young man, to prevent him from doing any more stupid things!