Rescue story: I thought I was the hero until I saw what the mother cat did!

Rescue story: I thought I was the hero until I saw what the mother cat did!

On Friday (04/18), my wife was working the night shift at the Shivajinagar railway booking office. Around 10:30 PM, when the workload and outside noise had decreased, she called me and said, "I hear meowing, and I'm pretty sure it's not from the voices in my head 😊."

She then remembered that on Wednesday, a cat and her kitten had fallen through a small opening at the top into a 10-foot closed enclosure at her workplace. Since there had been no further meowing, they assumed the cat had escaped. But based on the meowing, my wife investigated further. And through the permanently sealed blackened glass door, she saw four sets of cat eyes 🐱 🐱 staring back at her. These cats had been trapped in the narrow enclosure for over three days without food or water.

My wife posted a rescue message on her official group. There were some efforts on Saturday, but due to the narrow enclosure, little could be done.

In the evening, I decided to take charge and evaluated the rescue options:

1. Accessing from the top, though it was a tight space. Issue was fire rescue services may not respond to this request. 

2. Opening or breaking the sealed glass door with the help of a locksmith. 

3. Breaking the glass frame above the blackened glass door, as replacing it would be cheaper than the glass door.

At 7 PM, we had a breakthrough with option 2. The locksmith made a duplicate key and, with some effort, managed to open the jammed door. Both cats were rescued and brought into the booking office. I felt like a hero until I saw mother cat first feeding her kitten immediately after rescue.

Mother cat was the true hero of this story, who was stuck in a narrow enclosure with her kitten for four days without food or water, yet prioritizing her motherly duty out of pure love for her kitten! 💞 

Hope her actions & my efforts inspire us all to rescue stray animals, as they might not receive help otherwise!

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