Town seems to rescue cat caught in storm drain for a number of days
by Luke Jones, WKRC
(WKRC/Provided)
BROOKVILLE, Ind. (WKRC) – Complete strangers banded collectively in Brookville to save lots of a cat that had been trapped in a storm drain for 4 days.
Georgie was lastly reunited with Susan Amrhein on Monday night after she stated the city’s police chief intervened.
Amrhein stated Georgie slipped out of her home on Thanksgiving Day and crawled into an uncovered drainage pipe.
“It’s not secured where any animal can get in there, any small child could even get in there,” stated Angel Meyer, who assisted within the rescue.
“I just feel helpless,” Amrhein advised Local 12 on Monday afternoon.
She stated she adopted Georgie in May after he was dumped in her neighborhood.
Amrhein, her neighbors and even individuals from neighboring cities had been working to free Georgie, launching themselves headfirst down storm drains.
“I’m going to keep trying until I can’t anymore. I mean, there’s no other options left,” stated Brendon Durham, with the Metamora Volunteer Fire Department.
They labored 13-hour shifts, even at the hours of darkness, attempting to clear the mud that was blocking Georgie’s exit.
Amrhein stated it wasn’t potential for Georgie to exit the identical means he entered the drain.
“The pipes have elbows in them and since he came up through the elbows, he can’t flip his body around to get back out. He’s literally stuck,” she stated.
Brookville Town Council President Bridget Hayes advised Local 12 that the fireplace division, police division and avenue division have all been by to assist, however that none have been capable of attain the cat.
Volunteers lowered a digicam mounted to a remote-controlled toy truck in an effort to get a glimpse of Georgie.
They additionally inserted a tape measure and stated he was about 11 ft from the drain opening on Monday afternoon.
But in 4 days, they stated he hadn’t been capable of attain the meals they placed at each ends of the storm drain.
Then Monday night, Amrhein stated Brookville’s police chief stopped by to help.
“He got here, went to Gillman’s and acquired these versatile blue PVC rods that went all the best way throughout the highway,” stated Amrhein.
She stated he used the rods to push Georgie to the opposite finish of the storm drain and he or she was capable of coax him out.
“I reached my hand means down there and when he smelled my hand, I grabbed him by his scruff and I didn’t go away free,” she stated.
Upon returning home, Amrhein stated Georgie downed 4 cans of cat meals and made a visit to his litter field.
Brookville residents stated it’s not the primary time a cat has been caught in that storm drain and so they stated they’d just like the city to put in a grate.
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