One of the tasks of firefighters is also rescue trapped animals. This is the case of those from the Clevedon firefighting service (United Kingdom), who have saved a cat who got trapped in a pipe.
As stated in the Daily Mailthe cat, a beautiful black specimen named (despite being female) John, was found with his head sticking out of the end of a drain pipe in a garage.
Firefighters used ladders to reach John and free her. using small toolsbut they nevertheless had to remove a section of the drainage pipe with the animal.
The firefighters explained that cutting the section of pipe with John still inside was “the easiest and least distressing option.” The animal was then rushed to a local veterinarian, who sedated John. With the cat asleep, the firefighters cut the pipe to free it permanently. The animal, which is already with its owner, was unharmed.
The firefighters recounted their experience on social networks: “A team from Clevedon was called at 09:55 this morning because a cat I wasn’t stuck in a treebut in a drain pipe.”
“John (yes, John) the cat had gotten (yes, John is a female, it’s a long story) stuck in a drain pipe of the garage from inside the garage,” they explained.
“John was transported to a local veterinarian who he sedated her to continue with the rescue, where no serious injuries were found,” firefighters said.
Meanwhile, Vets4Pets Clevedon, who treated John, said: “Saturday took an unexpected turn when beautiful little John arrived at the surgery along with the firefighters after get caught in a pipe.”
“We placed an intravenous catheter in her leg and she received oxygen therapy and sedation while the firefighters removed the tube. Then they hugged her and they pampered her before returning her home to her relieved owner,” they concluded.