[Informant's footage]
Meow-
Meow
A desperate cry was heard inside a narrow pipe
A phone call with an informant: "I think the cat's body is stuck. I tried to dig with the shovel, but it doesn't work easily."
Inside the 6-inch circle pipe
A form of life that requires an urgent rescue
The rescue team arrives at the site
(Must be here at a glance)
Will the kitten be okay?
Crew: I can’t see it ‘cause it’s dark. Look inside with the flash on
Meow
- You see the kitten? - I can’t see her
Did she leave?
Pitch dark inside...
The informant have arrived at the scene
Informant: Sweetie- Sweetie
Meow
Upon the informant's calling
Meow~
Uh! The kitten cries
Informant: She'd run at me from somewhere immediately if I come. She lives under the bridge here
(Then one day) she didn't come, but I could only hear her voice somewhere instead
Then I looked inside just in case, and then I found her
Villager: It's been 6 days now since she got stuck there
That's her
A 5-month-old, still being lack of experience,
Street kitty 'Maesil'
And!
Another cat showed up nearby
Informant: That's her mother
She's been roaming about here all day yesterday
The mother cat who stays by her kitten
Considering the special occasion,
Bringing the veteran rescue expert team
Scanning the scene
Setting the equipment to suit the circumstance
Small camera and a flashlight
Animal Rescue Organization 'RE:BIRTH': We'll get started now
As the camera descends..
'Maesil' is gradually visible...
Quite a narrow and long pipe though...
Though she's wet
Thankfully, she reacts to the camera
I guess she has nowhere else to go
Animal Rescue Organization 'RE:BIRTH': She doesn't avoid when the stick can almost touch her face
She shows no response even when the camera gets closer to her
'RE:BIRTH' team: We'll go more closer, let it touch her
Put it away dammeow!
*Hiss*
'RE:BIRTH' team: She can move tho?
'Maesil' uses her front paws
Moreover
Crew: The pipe is buried in a diagonal line, not vertical
Crew: Then why can't she come up?
Ku Cheol-min Animal Rescue Organization 'RE:BIRTH': It's PVC(plastic material) pipe which is quite slippery
Maesil must have tried multiple times to go up
Ku Cheol-min Animal Rescue Organization 'RE:BIRTH': At some point after slipping down over and over, she'd have just surrendered
Even worse, due to dampness
Slippery~
Then if the way up doesn't get slippery at all
She might be able to go up by herself?
Informant: I brought this to take her out
Informant: I tied it with a rope and put it inside
Informant: Climb up using this
Informant: Meow!
Maesil wouldn't come up at all, even after a day
Her butt must be stuck in the pipe, I assume
Having several conditions in mind,
the rescue plan for Maesil is...
Kim Young-hwan Animal Rescue Organization 'RE:BIRTH': We should snatch her with a type of a snare
(Remove the edge)
All set
Ku Cheol-min Animal Rescue Organization 'RE:BIRTH': We barely use this type of tool..
But only this time, because it's sort of exceptional
Since we can neither put our hands inside nor people can get into it
Even though we dig here,
we can't guarantee that the kitten can be rescued safely without getting hurt
It's rather the best possible, safe method
The rescue STARTS!
Keeping the shape of a loop
as it gets close to Maesil
Getting wary
Thump!
The loop got smaller
Sorry, kitty
No, we need you to put your chin
That's nice(?)
Success?!
The 1st attempt fails
Make the loop more loose
2nd attempt
Swish~
*Hiss*
Wut, she's climbing up?
You can come up!
What the heck is he talking about?;;
Aww, she's out!
Maesil came out on her own?!