Animal rescue officer saves a kitten who was in an underground pipe
@Deepizzaguy (111424)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
July 1, 2025 2:49pm CST
Pamela Gallagher who is a resident of Bay Shore neighborhood in Long Island heard the cries of a kitten who was in an underground pipe for a period of 18 hours on Monday June 2 when she contacted the Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) and the Bay Shore Fire Department (BSFD) to see if they could rescue the kitten.
Long Island Cat Kitten Solution Vice President John DeBacker was asked to rescue the kitten by use of a Ketch-All pole to get the kitten out of the pipe and into a safe place.
The kitten who is named Piper was taken by the animal rescue member to the New York City Second Chance Rescue to be taken care of by veterinarian and hopefully get adopted and find a new home.
The officials believe that the kitten fell into the underground pipe by accident and not as an act of evil by a person who hates kittens.
Link is upi.com/5451749051915 via @upi
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@celticeagle (176543)
• Boise, Idaho
2 Jul
Poor little thing. Curiosity isn't a good thing. Glad it's okay.
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@celticeagle (176543)
• Boise, Idaho
2h
@Deepizzaguy .......It would tear at your heart strings if it continued to meow.
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@Deepizzaguy (111424)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
2 Jul
so am I happy that the kitten was rescued.
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@Deepizzaguy (111424)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
33m
@celticeagle I know what you mean since there are many cats in my neighborhood.
@Nakitakona (57259)
• Philippines
2 Jul
The kitten is piper after it's rescued from the underground pipe. Isn't it?
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@Deepizzaguy (111424)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
2 Jul
Piper is named after the underground pipe.
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@Deepizzaguy (111424)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
2 Jul
That is a good question who owned the kitten when the kitten got lost.
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@RasmaSandra (86526)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Jul
Aww poor kitten I hope it gets a nice new home
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@Deepizzaguy (111424)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1 Jul
I also hope that the kitten finds a new home as well.
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@laser_vision (104)
• United States
2 Jul
“Long Island Cat Kitten Solution Vice President” - sounds like a cool job title that many people would want.
Also, very cute kitten. If I saw a kitten in a shelter that looked like that, I would be tempted to adopt them. However, I wouldn’t go through with it because I know that I don’t know how to take care of them properly. I want kittens to be safe with someone who loves them.
Maybe I need to learn eventually, as some of my friends think I’m a cat lady. I haven’t got there in my thinking and learning yet.
@Deepizzaguy (111424)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23h
Same with me wanting to adopt a kitten but I would to be a very rich person to take care of them.
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@Ineeddentures (7851)
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1 Jul
It's always great.wjen you give us a story a out a cute little kitty getting rescued.
But I wonder how officials would come to the conclusion it just had t been thrown in there by a kitten hater
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@Deepizzaguy (111424)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1 Jul
That is a good question how the authorities will deal with if a cat hater. meant to abandon the kitten or not. .
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@Deepizzaguy (111424)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1 Jul
@Ineeddentures That is a good question other than money problems having to feed cats.
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@innertalks (22952)
• Australia
1 Jul
The kitten was lucky to be rescued unharmed, as if something, like water, started flowing through the pipe, it could easily have been killed.
@Deepizzaguy (111424)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1 Jul
That is true had water running in the pipe could have killed the kitten.
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@LindaOHio (193203)
• United States
2 Jul
I'm glad the kitten was rescued; and I hope it gets adopted.
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@Deepizzaguy (111424)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23h
I am sure that Piper will be adopted soon.
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