Animal Control Workers Rescue Kitten From Sewage Drain

Riverside Animal Control workers rescued a kitten from a storm drain on Tuesday 12-feet below street-level.

Officer Amy Farrell said she just needed a manhole cover lifted, so she could crawl to the kitten and save her from her deep predicament.

The 8-week-old female, domestic- gray-and-white-long-haired feline somehow ended up down a storm drain in the city of Winchester on Olea Road, east of Highway 79.

Concerned residents called Riverside County Animal Services for assistance.

One resident even tried to hang a bed sheet into the storm drain?s street opening to see if the 8-week-old kitten would use it to crawl up and out.

Once the manhole cover was removed, the Farrell worked her way to the meowing kitty, picked her up, then carried her to fresh air. She scooped her up just a little past noon.

Farrell gave the cat some food and water and transported her to the new Southwest Communities Animal Shelter in Wildomar just before 3 p.m.

?She seemed a bit feral at first,? said Farrell. ?That is, until I picked her up. Now she?s as sweet as can be. She likes to talk to me and squeaks to get my attention until I pick her up again.?