Cat rescued from storm drain at UBC Okanagan | 24CA News
A younger cat was rescued from a storm drain at UBC Okanagan on Saturday afternoon.
Kathy Manuel, safety communications coordinator for UBCO, advised Global News, she obtained stories from college students saying they have been listening to meows coming from a storm drain on campus.
Manuel dispatched safety to the world and confirmed a cat was caught inside.
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“We have feral cats around, so we weren’t sure how many were in there at first,” mentioned Manuel.
The Kelowna Fire Department and town’s animals management providers have been all known as to the scene.
“It was very deep, where the cat was. It was a confined space, making it difficult to rescue,” mentioned Manuel.
Cat rescued from storm drain at UBCO.
Dustin Miller
Given how tight the tunnel of the storm drain was, the hearth division couldn’t match inside to drag the cat out. Manuel says, crews flooded the storm drain with their hose and and had a internet prepared on the high to seize the cat because it got here out.
After three and a half hours, the cat was rescued and dropped at security.
Manuel mentioned the cat gave the impression to be unhurt, simply very moist from being within the storm drain.
She estimated the cat might have been caught within the drain for about three days, as some college students say they started listening to meows just a few days in the past, however nobody was in a position to decide the place it was coming from.
Animal management took the cat to the SPCA, the place the society will search for its house owners, if it has any.
In a social media submit, the SPCA mentioned the cat is a younger intact male, black and white, with no ID.If anybody is aware of the place this cat belongs, contact the Kelowna SPCA at 250-861-7722.
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