Credit: Newtown Township police
An unlucky kitten turned its luck around Monday.
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Newtown Township police posted on social media that a kitten that ended up down a sewer on South Lancaster Lane was rescued by crews from the Public Works Department.
Officers were called around 11:15 a.m. for a report of a stray kitten stranded in a sewer pipe. Police Sgt. Daniel Bell contacted Jamie Fazzalore-Truelove, Newtown Township’s animal control officer, for assistance.
Public works employees John Elhman, Bart Richards and Steve Pescatore arrived on the scene with Fazzalore-Truelove. After evaluating the situation, Elhman and Richards were able to get into the pipe through two separate manholes and met about 150 feet into the pipes and saved the kitten.
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Fazzalore-Truelove took the very young kitten home to bottle feed it, police said.
Credit: Newtown Township police
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Credit: Newtown Township police