PURRFECT END TO TALE OF TWO KITTIES.Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard It was a good week to be a kitten kitten newborn or young cat or ferret. kitten mortality complex a general term applied to a syndrome involving death of young kittens, particularly in breeding establishments. around here, especially one in a tight spot. Thanks to the work of Eugene police and Harrisburg public employees, two small cats have a new lease on life. On Friday in Harrisburg, resident Wayne Phelps called City Hall after hearing a kitten meowing from inside a storm drain storm drain n. 1. A storm sewer. 2. A catch basin. . A public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. crew responded. "The kitten must have fallen through a storm inlet inlet /in·let/ (-let) a means or route of entrance. pelvic inlet the upper limit of the pelvic cavity. thoracic inlet the elliptical opening at the summit of the thorax. at the side of the street," City Administrator Bruce Cleeton said. He estimated that the kitten fell about 5 feet, "although by the amount of noise it was making it sounded healthy." The workers tried for more than two hours to coax Same as coaxial cable. coax - coaxial cable the cat to an exit several hundred yards away, even trying in vain to prod it out by inserting a pipe-cleaning "snake" from another direction. Several employees participated, "coming and going" between their other duties, Cleeton said. Phelps also assisted, and the developer of the Harriswood Estates subdivision provided plans for the layout of the storm drain system. Finally, public works employee Don Costello came up with a plan to seal off one end of the storm drain line and slowly fill it with water. "As it turned out, Don was correct that the kitten would eventually go to the dry end of the pipe," Cleeton said. "After three hours, the frightened fright·en v. fright·ened, fright·en·ing, fright·ens v.tr. 1. To fill with fear; alarm. 2. kitten got close enough to the end of the pipe, and Don was able to get it." Rescuers dubbed dub 1 tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs 1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood. 2. To honor with a new title or description. 3. the kitten "Stormy." It was taken to a city employee's home. Phelps and other neighbors planned to go door to door to seek its owner. "If we can't find the owner, it will be adopted by the employee," Cleeton said. He estimated that the kitten, gray and striped, was 4 to 5 weeks old. In Eugene, police rescued a month-old kitten and dubbed it "Brakepad" after they found it trapped Thursday night in the wheel on top of the brakes of a car parked at the Red Lion Red Lion may refer to:
A hotel employee phoned police after hearing a ruckus but failing to find the distressed animal. Two nearby patrol officers arrived around midnight to check it out. They reported the cat was "howling to beat the band," police spokeswoman Kerry Delf said. But they couldn't see it, either. It took a few minutes before they discovered the dark gray kitten had somehow become stuck in the brake apparatus in a wheel of a car licensed in California. There were no details on how they freed it. A police records employee is keeping Brakepad until the owner phones 682-5111 to claim it. - Reporter Bill Bishop contributed to this story. |
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