3 Cats Rescued From Concrete Channel in L.A

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LOS ANGELES, CA - Three cats who were confined within the concrete channel of the Los Angeles River were rescued by local heroes who worked many long hours in the dark to save these helpless felines.

The long, excruciating drama began when the volunteers at People and Cats Together (PACT) of Redondo Beach, California got a report of several cats who appeared to be trapped in a half-mile stretch of the Los Angeles River channel. The video they posted on YouTube explains that the channel runs 48 long miles from Canoga Park to Long Beach. Its steep, harrowing walls mean that any unlucky animal that finds its way in will not be able to get out, at least not on its own accord. This channel could become a river a death trap.

The half-mile stretch where the cats were first seen is 50-feet wide with steep vertical walls, so the rescuers had a tough job ahead of them. They went to work, lowering the food-baited cage traps into the river. When night fell, they stood watch, waiting for the sound of the cage door falling closed—the only way they had of knowing if a cat was safely secured inside one of the cages. It took 14 long stressful days and a great deal of patience to rescue all three of the feral cats.

The video shows them lowering and raising the cage traps, saving the frightened little cats threatened by rising waters. They acted just in time, since Los Angeles is now getting much-needed rain this year in advance of what most expect to be an El Nino winter.

Source: www.lifewithcats.tv