Animal Control Officers and Bridgewater DPW staff labored collectively in a single day to rescue the kitten – now named “Stormy.”
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BRIDGEWATER, NJ — One tiny kitten has earned the title “Stormy” after Animal Control Officers from Somerset Regional Animal Shelter(SRAS) and DPW staff from Bridgewater labored in a single day to rescue her from a storm drain.
Just earlier than 9 p.m. on Sunday, a resident reported a kitten trapped in a storm drain on Sunny Slope Road in Bridgewater, mentioned Police Lt. Frederick J. Brittain III.
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Animal Control Officer(ACO) Jess Ostrowski headed out for what turned a three-hour ordeal. Ostrowski ended up calling for assist and ACO Karen Fisch and folk from DPW to assist catch the kitten.
Around midnight they set traps.
“We figured the kitten would go into the lure. Instead, we got here again within the morning to search out her sitting on high of the lure screaming on the high of its lungs,” mentioned Ostrowski to Patch.
They then determined to place a web down the drain to cowl the underside with meals on high. Once the kitten lastly stepped into the online, Ostrowski rapidly scooped her up.
Little woman Stormy is now secure and heat at Somerset Regional Animal Shelter.
“She is doing nice immediately. Now that she is again within the shelter she is just not dehydrated, her eyes are cleaned up and her vaccines got,” mentioned Ostrowski.
The SRAS is asking residents to donate to assist their life-saving efforts.
“We can’t do what we do with out your assist!” mentioned Somerset Regional Animal Shelter.
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