The environment inside the truck was no safe place to raise kittens and would likely put them at risk.įirefighters helped clean the kittens and keep them warm with a towel while Alley Cat rescuers bottle fed the babies on the spot to prevent dehydration. It took about half an hour for the crew to safely remove the kittens with a long pole. "We called the Bladensburg Fire Department, and they sent a team out to assist us," Denise Hilton of Alley Cat Rescue told Love Meow. Once rescuers arrived, they tried to get to the kittens but the space was about 10-12 foot deep and there was a lot of debris inside. "I'm an animal lover, and I didn't want anything to happen to those kittens on my watch," Cameron told Love Meow. Upon investigation, he realized there were more kittens tucked deep inside the ladder storage area, but they were out of reach.Ĭameron immediately searched for help online and found Alley Cat Rescue in the area. When he returned to home base, he heard meowing coming from inside the truck. He didn't see the mom return that day, and just when he thought there was only one kitten, he was surprised by what he was about to discover. He thought, perhaps, she was trying to tell him something," WSSC told Love Meow. As she crossed all the lanes, she turned and looked back at him. ![]() When he opened the access area on the truck where the ladder is stored, a cat jumped right out, carrying a kitten in her mouth and made a dash across six lanes of traffic. An employee heard kittens' cries coming from one of their trucks and discovered a litter inside, out of reach.Ĭameron (CJ) Russell, an employee from the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) in Maryland, arrived at a job site yesterday.
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