Cat flushed down toilet: firefighters save kitten from drain

Firefighters have rescued a kitten that was flushed down the toilet at a house in Sydney's north-west.

NSW Fire Brigades Superintendent Ian Krimmer said three fire rescue crews were sent out to a home in Jacqui Circuit, Baulkham Hills, this afternoon.

He said firefighters pushed a search camera down a drain pipe and found the kitten trapped there.

The kitten was still alive.

So the emergency crew removed the toilet, then broke through a concrete slab down to where the kitten was, he said.

A neighbour, Elizabeth Harrison, said she was told by a woman outside the house that it was her two-year-old daughter who flushed the day-and-a-half-old kitten down the bowl.

It was not known how or why the kitten was flushed down the toilet bowl, Superintendent Krimmer said.

Fire crews responded to a triple-0 call for help.

It was a legitimate triple-0 call, he said.

"We always try and help with domestic pets where we can."

Source http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/cat-flushed-down-toilet-firefighters-save-kitten-from-drain-20101019-16rx3.html