After a kitten got stuck deep inside a drainage pipe in Iowa, neighbors spent hours trying to rescue it.
When the animal could not climb back out of the pipe itself, Paws of Hope Animal Rescue and Cedar County for Animal Welfare came together to help.
First, rescuers set out food and played kitten sounds to try to draw the kitten out, but those efforts did not work. Next, they turned to excavation. However, after getting about 2 feet down, they found that they still would not be able to safely reach the kitten…