Look! Kitten Rescued by Vacuum Cleaner

What could have resulted in a tragic loss ended up a heroic rescue thanks to a powerful vacuum cleaner, a sock and a resourceful rescue team...

Firefighters have used a vacuum cleaner with a sock on the end of the nozzle to rescue a six-hour-old kitten which had become trapped down a drain.

The fire crew was called to a house in Dunbar, East Lothian, in the early hours of Monday.

[via BBC News]

Comments (12)

I had a kitten that fell down the heating duct once (before we got grates). We put a towel down and thankfully the cat grabbed onto it with her claws and we were able to pull her out.

posted by -haley- on June 10th 2008 at 11:13am
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I love a happy ending!

posted by Aldyth on June 10th 2008 at 11:38am
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awesome story!
i gotta get me that vaccum cleaner!!!

posted by little flower on June 10th 2008 at 11:43am
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See... now that's the kind of animal-centerd post I like to see.

Too cute.

posted by Joy R. on June 10th 2008 at 11:56am
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damn i'm susceptible to kittens!

posted by kdkaboom on June 10th 2008 at 12:38pm
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Awww little ginger kitty cat. What a CUTE story!!

posted by venus_thames on June 10th 2008 at 12:55pm
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The poor little thing will either run in terror from vacuums or absolutely love them for the rest of its life -- I'm betting it runs in terror.

posted by dblitz1 on June 10th 2008 at 2:02pm
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What a wonderful story. So glad to hear that it ended happily. I'm such a sucker for animal stories.

posted by suzy8track on June 10th 2008 at 3:44pm
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my cats run in terror from the vaccuum cleaner & have never been sucked into one. poor kitterz.

posted by jenny! on June 10th 2008 at 4:18pm
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Gregory - this is obviously a story you concocted to get us all to like vacuuming. You're obviously using your kitten minions as your allies in this fight, but we won't be charmed by their cute helplessness in this case and surrender our loathing of the vacuum. Nice try, though!

;)

posted by Joan in SB on June 10th 2008 at 9:06pm
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AWWWWWW!!

posted by f.in.eur on June 11th 2008 at 1:13am
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Aw! What a sweet story! I once had a hamster that fell down our heating duct. Thankfully it was summer, so the heat wasn't on! She was fine, but her fur, which had been white, ended up grey.

posted by uisceros on June 11th 2008 at 6:17am
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