Aug 24, 2022

Kansas deputies improvise, rescue kitten from cistern

Posted Aug 24, 2022 3:00 PM
Photo courtesy Osage County Sheriff
Photo courtesy Osage County Sheriff

OSAGE COUNTY—On Tuesday afternoon,  deputies responded to a different type of call, according to the Osage County Sheriff's office.

Deputies learned that a kitten that had fallen into a 30-foot-deep cistern.

With assistance from Osage County Fire District #1 - Carbondale Fire, Osage County EMS, and the homeowner, first responders fit a fish net to a long pole using duct tape.

Sheriff Chris Wells was able to get the kitten to run into the net and retrieve it from the cistern.

"Great teamwork—the kitten was saved and uninjured."