A tiny kitten owes its life to the Madison firefighters after a fire broke out in a home. The family reported that their two family members – a cat and a kitten – were missing. The smoke was so thick that they had to use thermal imaging to locate them. While the cat was rescued unscathed and seemed to be fine, the kitten was semi-conscious, lethargic and having difficulty breathing.

“Bobby Phillips, a Driver-Engineer/EMT with the department, utilized one of these masks in providing care to the distressed kitten – eventually stabilizing the kitten who improved to the point of no longer requiring medical care,” Madison Fire Rescue said on their Facebook page.

“In 2010, Ron, Denise, and Mary Catharine Hamner donated Madison Fire specially designed oxygen masks in memory of their dog, Mo. They felt the best way to honor their beloved pet was to help in saving other pets.” The donation did just that. They just saved the little kitten’s life.

Firefighters pulled the kitten out of the fire.

They used an oxygen mask to provide care to the distressed kitten.

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A tiny three week old kitten survived a 1,000 mile trip inside the engine of a car. Two days later, the kitten was found and an animal rescue group and a tow truck company worked together to get him out safely.

The car owner called Julia Di Sieno, the founder of Animal Rescue Team, Inc and said that she believed there was a stray cat trapped somewhere inside her car. Later, she was advised to contact the police department and ask them to call animal control.

Julia said: “Animal control was dispatched, an officer showed up, and he thought perhaps the kitten was no longer in the compartment.”

But she got another phone call from the car owner later that afternoon, saying she could still hear the cat. “I had to go do something,” she said.

It took them a while and a lot of team work to locate the kitten. They got help from a tow truck company so that they could lift up the car to look underneath. Eventually they found the kitten lodged in the silver Honda Fit’s engine compartment.

“I was concerned about this kitten because it had been in the car engine for two or three days. I put on latex gloves, and I managed to get my hands in there until I had a little kitten and wiggled it through.”

The kitten was dehydrated and had an infected eye. She received treatment and is expected to make a full recovery.

“He is very tame now, purring, and finally eating. We’ve been treating him with antibiotics.”

“The moment I pulled him up, it was so exhilarating,” she said. They named the kitty Love after the owner of the tow truck company for volunteering to help in the rescue.

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Tiny 3 week old kitten traveled 1,000 miles inside a car

After the car owner heard the cat meowing, she got help from an animal rescue group and a tow truck company.

They pulled the kitten out of the engine compartment safely.

The little kitty was dehydrated and had an eye infection, but is expected to make a full recovery

He is safe now, purring and eating.

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Source: Daily Mail.

A cat whose name is Mata Hairi will be reunited with her family after traveling nearly 10 months over thousands of miles with a homeless man who rescued her from the rain.

The cat’s adventure started one day when Mata left the house in Portland, Ore. and never returned.

Michael King, who has been a hitchhiker since 2003, found Mata Hairi taking refuge under a table at a cafe from the pouring rain.

“I see cats all the time. I don’t pick up cats…. Something told me to grab her. I don’t know,” King said via the Independent Record.

He took her with him as he traveled to Montana where his foster father resides. ”We’ve traveled 3,600 miles and the cat’s probably got a half mile walking.”

During the journey, they received a lot of attention from onlookers. “I love this cat. She’s a hit on the streets of Portland. Very rarely do you see a cat riding on the top of someone’s backpack,” he added.

The two became inseparable. If King leaves the room, the cat will cry out until he gets back. Every morning,”the cat will lick King’s face to wake him up or tug on his beard if he tries to sleep in.” (Independent Record)

After King arrived at his foster father’s home, they took the cat to the vet where they found a microchip and located the owner of the cat.

The family is excited and planning a party for Mata’s return. But it’s going to be an emotional farewell for King.

“It’s going to be a sad day…. I’m homeless. Depression is a big thing out there. The cat was a rainbow in a dark world.”

“I didn’t want a cat in the first place. I just thought I was saving someone’s cat. And that’s what I’ve done. Now I’ve grown attached to her.”

“My pack will be 20 pounds lighter, but a big hole, a big hole,” he said.

Photos by Dylan Brown Independent Record. Full story at Independent Record.

This sad little puppy kept crying at the shelter until they put a tiny kitten next to her. “Now, they are best friends. Hopefully they get adopted together.”

“They’re at the shelter I work at in Ohio…. The puppy and the kitty are booth female… The pup’s only 4 or 5 weeks old, so she can’t be adopted for a few weeks,” a staff member of Humane Society serving Crawford County said via reddit.

“They were both strays. The puppy was found at the side of the road and then kitten was left in a box at the shelter.”

Photo by Humane Society serving Crawford County via reddit (their Facebook page).

This adorable kitten came to The Cat House On The Kings from Animal Control with an injury to his leg.

“…he looked pretty sad and pathetic with a bright blue bandage on his paw. It had been caught in a cage at animal control and our vet was concerned about nerve damage,” the Cat House wrote on their Facebook.

They were worried that the kitty, they named Charlie, might need to have his leg amputated. After some one-on-one time with Lynea, the founder of the Cat House, and her staff, LOTS of tender loving care, rest, and vet visits, Charlie’s leg was saved, and he outgrew his injury.

“He romps around our adoption room, getting into all his toys, and runs out the room when we open the door.” Charlie is now bandage-free.” He’s playing and purring and pouncing like a regular kitten should be doing!”

Charlie is amazingly resilient. Today, he’s all healed up, fixed up, and ready to be scooped up and adopted!

Charlie the kitten had a bandaged leg when he came to the Cat House On the Kings. They were worried that he might lose his leg.

With LOTS of tender loving care and rest, and vet visits, Charlie’s leg was saved, and he outgrew his injury.

Now bandage free and adopted!

Photos by The Cat House On the Kings (follow them on Facebook).

These motherless kitties found an unusual new momma at their new home. It’s a rabbit named Marlowe who is also a rescue.

Liz wrote on her flickr page: “Last weekend we had 7 house guests, 6 of them were kittens. Four of those were 5 week old orphans whose mother died a week earlier and the other two were 8 week old rescues. It made the most sense to put them all in the same room as Marlowe since it had the most space for them to play. I was planning to keep Marlowe in his x-pen but the kittens were curious about him so I left his gate open. Pretty soon he was out and about in the room with them and I saw they would get along without harming each other.

That first night I checked in on them to find Marlowe and the kittens camped out together in the pet carrier. He was exactly what they needed and took his role seriously for the three days they shared together.The young kittens seemed to look to him as a substitute for their mother. He let them climb over him, attempt to suckle him, stick their paws on his face, wrap their arms around his ears and in return he groomed them and kept them warm while they slept.”

7 motherless kitties find an unusual new momma, a rabbit named Marlowe who is also a rescue himself

They camp out together in a pet carrier. The kittens attempt to suckle Marlowe and wrap their paws around him.

They see Marlowe the rabbit as their substitute mother.

In return, Marlowe grooms them and keeps them warm when they sleep.

Photos by Liz.

Firefighters from East Greenbush, New York, spent three hours freeing a cat trapped under a pile of debris.

A person spotted a cat in the rain and tried to rescue it, but the cat ran into a construction site in the woods and somehow got stuck underground.

Firefighters came to the rescue and found the cat trapped underneath concrete slabs. They used quick thinking to figure out a way to free the cat with a small camera and a rake to clear out the concrete.

The firefighters were working with caution since the ground was saturated with heavy rain. They didn’t want anything to collapse on the cat.

Once the cat was safely pulled from underneath the rubble, they gave the feline oxygen immediately and the kitty was then taken to the vet.

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Source: News10.