A bunch of kittens skipped getting caught in a tree and got here straight to a gaggle of firefighters.
According to a March 26 Facebook publish from South Carolina’s Myrtle Beach Fire Department, a shift of firefighters on the division’s Station 3 carried out “an early morning animal rescue in their very own station!”
“While conducting their routine gear test, 4 new child kittens had been discovered cuddled up within the hose mattress of Engine 3,” the publish continued.
The fireplace division additionally shared images of the kitten quartet, together with a shot of the place the little litter was discovered. Other images present smiling firefighters holding tiny kittens in gloved fingers. The kittens’ eyes are closed, an indication the animals are probably only a few days old. According to The Spruce Pets, kittens usually open their eyes of their second week of life.
Myrtle Beach Fire Department
After the firefighters found the newborn felines, they “safely transported” the kittens to an area animal shelter, the place “they’ll obtain the care they want,” the fireplace division’s Facebook publish added.
The company added on social media that the firefighters have not seen any indicators of a mom cat however are holding “a watch out for her.”
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Myrtle Beach Fire Department
Firefighters aren’t strangers to saving animals. A firefighter in Oregon adopted a puppy who survived a home fireplace. The 16-lb. pup, now named Smoky, ended up on the South Coast Humane Society after the blaze. At the shelter, the canine was handled for burns to his again, toes, and face.
His restoration plan included “numerous intensive care, a number of chilly baths, making use of medicated salve, wound administration and pores and skin removing, and many love!” South Coast Humane Society shared in a Facebook publish.
After Smoky healed, he was adopted by a firefighter good friend of a firefighter who helped save Smoky. Smoky’s new proprietor plans to coach the canine to accompany him on faculty fireplace security visits as “an advocate for the ‘cease, drop, and roll’ shows.”
