Cat found hanging with his head jammed in storm drain. Then he had ‘two happy endings’
A cat in Massachusetts got out of a pinch with the help of a rescue team, a shelter said on Facebook.
The tabby got his head stuck in a drain grate in the middle of a street and couldn’t escape, the Swansea Animal Shelter Volunteers said on Facebook on April 12.
“He got himself into quite the pickle yesterday,” the shelter wrote.
The cat was spotted stuck in the grate clinging to the storm drain, and a resident helped the Swansea police and highway patrol free the cat. Other than some chafing around his neck, the cat seemed unharmed in the rescue photos.
The tabby was reunited with his owner after being rescued, according to the volunteers.
“Thank you for all that helped save my baby,” the owner said on the Facebook post. “I’ve been searching for him since yesterday. He is home safe and being smothered with love!”
“He has been pretty upset here, but when his mama came in ... his eyes totally lit up and he looked happy again,” the shelter said in an update. “So two happy endings.”
Swansea is about 15 miles southeast of Providence, Rhode Island.
This story was originally published April 13, 2023 at 5:57 PM with the headline "Cat found hanging with his head jammed in storm drain. Then he had ‘two happy endings’."
