"I prayed to be saved." A Nizhny Novgorod resident pulled a kitten from a sewer pipe, but it didn't survive.
A plumber from a nine-story building on Gorky Street spotted and rescued a kitten flushed down the toilet. The story made headlines, and Nizhny Novgorod residents rejoiced for the rescued kitten. However, the kitten did not survive.
Artem Pikalev I came home from work and heard strange sounds.
"I heard a squeaking sound coming from the toilet, and at first I didn't pay attention. Then I went to have lunch and heard a distinct squeaking sound coming from this hole [the door in the wall behind which the pipes run], every two seconds. I kept squeaking, begging to be saved." рассказал Pikalev to the journalists of "By the Way".
The man went down to the basement and partially dismantled the sewer pipe from which he removed the baby.
The kitten was taken by a neighbor Natalia KlimovaShe named the cat Squirrel and kept her for herself.
Both the rescuer and the pensioner who took the animal in are certain that the kitten was flushed down the toilet and could not have gotten into the sewer system in any other way.
Pikalev tried to find out from his neighbors who had abused the kitten, but to no avail. He was about to file a police report for animal cruelty. Meanwhile, Klimova went to the veterinarian to have the kitten examined, but they couldn't save it in time. The kitten died.
According to for 2024, total 200 Russians Convicted of animal cruelty, despite reports of abuse appearing in the media almost daily. Of the two hundred convicted, only 14 received prison sentences, 21 received suspended sentences, and the rest received fines.
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