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Cold, wet and hungry kittens rescued from storm sewer

Cold, wet and hungry kittens rescued from storm sewer
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Cold, wet and hungry kittens rescued from storm sewer
The Animal Rescue Fund of Mississippi jumped into action after receiving a call about kittens that were stuck inside a storm sewer.A woman was walking her dog Wednesday in Gluckstadt, Mississippi, when she heard a kitten meowing loudly from deep inside a storm sewer.She got in contact with Elizabeth Jackson, with the Animal Rescue Fund of Mississippi. They loaded up with gloves, a crowbar, food, towels and other items they thought would help with the rescue.They pulled back the manhole cover and saw the two kittens that were mad, cold, wet and hungry. What they didn't have was a ladder.The rescuers knocked on doors and found a ladder that was long enough to get down 12 feet to the kittens."Either the manholes in Gluckstadt are smaller than the average manhole, or COVID has caused an extreme change in the size of (Elizabeth Jackson), but the wiggling required for getting down to where they (were) was quite entertaining — for everyone but (her)," ARF said in a Facebook post."Eventually, (Elizabeth Jackson) got down to where the kittens were, and dang if one didn't just roll right off the storm drain culvert and went plop into the water and ran down the drain to the east."Jackson went down the tube toward the kitten, which "fortunately, had a change of heart (big sigh) and came back" to her.The kittens were given flea medicine, wormer, food and dry bedding, where they both took naps.

The Animal Rescue Fund of Mississippi jumped into action after receiving a call about kittens that were stuck inside a storm sewer.

A woman was walking her dog Wednesday in Gluckstadt, Mississippi, when she heard a kitten meowing loudly from deep inside a storm sewer.

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She got in contact with Elizabeth Jackson, with the Animal Rescue Fund of Mississippi. They loaded up with gloves, a crowbar, food, towels and other items they thought would help with the rescue.

They pulled back the manhole cover and saw the two kittens that were mad, cold, wet and hungry. What they didn't have was a ladder.

The rescuers knocked on doors and found a ladder that was long enough to get down 12 feet to the kittens.

"Either the manholes in Gluckstadt are smaller than the average manhole, or COVID has caused an extreme change in the size of (Elizabeth Jackson), but the wiggling required for getting down to where they (were) was quite entertaining — for everyone but (her)," ARF said in a Facebook post.

"Eventually, (Elizabeth Jackson) got down to where the kittens were, and dang if one didn't just roll right off the storm drain culvert and went plop into the water and ran down the drain to the east."

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ARF

Jackson went down the tube toward the kitten, which "fortunately, had a change of heart (big sigh) and came back" to her.

The kittens were given flea medicine, wormer, food and dry bedding, where they both took naps.

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ARF