Chalong Mayor Samran Jindapol explained that a local resident contacted him about 11 am to say that a kitten about a month old was caught in a drain there.
“He said was unable to rescue the kitten because the drain cover was welded shut,” the mayor explained. “So I ordered the Public Works Department officers to hurry over with their equipment and free the cat.”
Watched by a crowd, the officers began to work, using metal and bolt cutters, and after about 20 minutes were able to remove the metal-lattice drain cover, which was welded shut to prevent it being stolen and sold for scrap.
From inside the drain they drew the calico-coloured kitten, soaking wet and rather muddy but otherwise in good health.
Since no one knew who the kitten belonged to, it was handed to a Mr Boonlert who runs a nearby dry goods store, and who agreed to care for it. Indeed, it was he who had called the mayor.
“I heard the kitten meowing this morning,” he explained, “and I went out looking for it. It was some time before finally I saw it stuck in the drain in front of my house.” Unable to remove the drain cover, he made the crucial call. A job well done.
– Source: Manager Online