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...
Look! Kitten Rescued by Vacuum Cleaner
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]
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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.
view -haley-'s profile
I love a happy ending!
view Aldyth's profile
awesome story!
i gotta get me that vaccum cleaner!!!
view little flower's profile
See... now that's the kind of animal-centerd post I like to see.
Too cute.
view Joy R.'s profile
damn i'm susceptible to kittens!
view kdkaboom's profile
Awww little ginger kitty cat. What a CUTE story!!
view venus_thames's profile
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.
view dblitz1's profile
What a wonderful story. So glad to hear that it ended happily. I'm such a sucker for animal stories.
view suzy8track's profile
my cats run in terror from the vaccuum cleaner & have never been sucked into one. poor kitterz.
view jenny!'s profile
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!
;)
view Joan in SB's profile
AWWWWWW!!
view f.in.eur's profile
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.
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