An eight-week-old kitten was rescued from the bottom of a storm drain with the help of a City Of Prince Albert public works officer, a safety harness, and some work on Tuesday.
According to Ashlee Bober, Prince Albert SPCA manager, the kitten, Mae, spent several hours meowing loudly from the bottom of the drain before being taken to the SPCA. The SPCA got the call on Tuesday morning from a passerby who heard the kitten meowing and who then called the animal control officer who contacted Public Works for help. It’s unsure how long Mae spent in the drain, but it wasn’t too long as she was still in relatively good spirits. Bober estimates not more than 24 hours.
The drain is seven feet deep and about four feet wide and is located on the 500 block of 28th Street West. The kitten was in the 10-inch pipe and it took Nick, the city worker, 20 minutes of coaxing with some cat food before he convinced the kitten to come out.
All in all the kitten was quite scared but not injured!
We should also remember this when we hear animals down drains to not climb down them ourselves as it can be hazardous. It is better to contact the municipality or SPCA, which have officers who deal with found animals. A good reason in Mae’s case, the drain had to be tested to make sure there were no noxious gases.
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