Kim Yong-Hwan | Animal Rescue Org ‘RE:BIRTH’: Everyone was in a festive mood
He has come back alive
A stray cat 'Chorong' who fell in the chimney
Informant: Oh My, he's out! He's out!
Goo Cheol-Min | Animal Rescue Org ‘RE:BIRTH’: Wow, the rescue was a success! It's amazing!
However!
Kim Yong-Hwan | Animal Rescue Org ‘RE:BIRTH’: I was so confused
saying there's a cat in the chimney again
I was sure we let that fella out
Another one?!
Chimney Cat Mystery
Informant: Another black cat was crying on the outside
Informant: (In the chimney) a cat cried loudly
Informant: It sounded like asking for help, to me
(Cat crouching next to the pipe)
Kim Yong-Hwan | Animal Rescue Org ‘RE:BIRTH': The cat was stuck inside the chimney that is about 5M deep
Goo Cheol-Min | Animal Rescue Org ‘RE:BIRTH’: It's best to provide him ladder or stairs (for him to climb up)
A rescue plan involving an adjustable cat tower
We hung down the modeling
I think about 30 secs to a minute has passed after we retreated?
Source: Animal Rescue Org 'RE:BIRTH' Oh! It's here! It's here!
Cat escaped
Goo Cheol-Min | Animal Rescue Org ‘RE:BIRTH’: Oh, that was quick! / Yeah, it's out.
Kim Yong-Hwan | Animal Rescue Org ‘RE:BIRTH’: We were streaming this on-air
Everyone was so happy
"Wow, the rescue was a success! It's amazing!"
Source: Animal Rescue Org 'RE:BIRTH' Moreover~
RE:BIRTH Animal Rescue Team: One of the subscribers felt sorry for this one
and has decided to adopt the cat
BUT!
I was so confused
saying there's a cat in the chimney again
Revisited the rescue site
Informant: A few days after, I heard another cat meowing around (the chimney)
Informant: So I thought “A cat has fallen into the chimney again”
Only a few days before the reconstruction
Did another cat really fall in the chimney?
<- Cat
Kim Yong-Hwan | Animal Rescue Org ‘RE:BIRTH’: It was hard to tell if the cat is alive or breathing
The cat is sitting still
In order to check the cat’s status
Bringing in a mini camera
(Cautious)
At last
Reached the bottom of the 5M deep chimney
And~
There is a cat staring at the camera stealthily
Informant: Most (of the neighbors) believe that “Another cat has fallen again”
Informant: But I have a doubt…
(In the first rescue) I thought the cat was Chorong because it was a cat with a black back <- Chorong
Informant: This cat we think is another cat that fell, also has a black back
That is true, this cat has a black back
The cat meant to be rescued in the first rescue VS Cat who has fallen now
Apart from that
Informant: (During the rescue) the camera didn’t catch Chorong climbing up due to all the equipment being removed
Source: Animal Rescue Org 'RE:BIRTH' It’s here, it’s here!
Failed to take reasonable care of the rescue cat
Goo Cheol-Min | Animal Rescue Org ‘RE:BIRTH’: (the informant) said “It’s here” all thumping
And there was one for real, under the chimney
The informant said that it’s him who had disappeared for a week
Chorong also wandered around feeling hungry
We misunderstood the situation
Informant: It’s been 10 days since the rescue
so no one has put food or water into the chimney because we thought the cat was rescued
The cat wouldn't have eaten anything for 10 days, not even water
Kim Yong-Hwan | Animal Rescue Org ‘RE:BIRTH’: How the cat survived… that’s a mystery
If we have mistaken the rescued cat as Chorong
Chorong had been in the chimney at least for 3 weeks
Chimney Cat Rescue RESTART
However, chimney structure is an obstacle
Goo Cheol-Min | Animal Rescue Org ‘RE:BIRTH’: The hole and the floor intersect at right angles
The hole isn’t facing down at the floor it’s on the sidewall..
We can’t put anything (at right angle)
It’s too small to position a rescue cage
Kim Yong-Hwan | Animal Rescue Org ‘RE:BIRTH’: No one could get in either, the hole is too narrow
So consequently, what we can do is
to try the adjustable ladder we tried (in the first rescue) again
and “encourage the cat to rescue himself”
But, health is a preliminary requirement to move around
(Letting down food for him to eat)
(No reaction)
Goo Cheol-Min | Animal Rescue Org ‘RE:BIRTH’: When he fell, did he break something or a rupture? Perhaps this cat can't move right now?
Worried because..
The cat could have hit these exhaust pipes while falling which could have led to a fracture <- Exhaust pipe
Stimulating the cat into moving
Carefully
Trying to make him feel uncomfortable
But the cat won't even budge
Then!
(Moves)
Mobility, check!
Constructing an adjustable cat tower
Ladder completed
Come on up. kittie~
Goo Cheol-Min | Animal Rescue Org ‘RE:BIRTH’: Maybe he’s scared or feels uncomfortable
That could be why he isn’t moving
So we took out all the lighting and stuff
Just placed a (infrared) camera positioned at the top
Notorious at ‘cat summoning’
Meowing sound is played
Set-up completed!
Could the chimney cat escape safely?!
To be continued in part 2...!