Mum to Emma Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 As a reminder that there is kindness in the world: Kitten rescued from CityLink tunnel One lucky kitten almost used up all its nine lives after ending up in a CityLink tunnel. The tunnel's operators have no idea how the adventurous feline – nicknamed "Dodge" – ended up deep in the Burnley (eastbound) tunnel last Wednesday, but they do know that it is lucky to still be here. A spokeswoman for CityLink, Selby–Lynn Nicholas, said there were reports in peak hour last Wednesday of a kitten in the Burnley tunnel, but it was not until 11.40pm that he was finally spotted. A passing driver saw Dodge and stopped his car, which got the attention of the CityLink control room. Advertisement "It was in a shallow drain at the very edge of the Burnley tunnel," said Ms Nicholas. "It basically was pretty timid and frightened. Our incident response team went out and he went underneath their van." Maintenance crews joined the effort to get Dodge, forcing the closure of two lanes. As it was midnight, that fortunately presented no problems for traffic flow. Eventually, Dodge was safely in human hands. "They managed to coax the kitten out and give it a bit of a cuddle. They brought it up to the control room and gave it a drink of water and some old roast beef," said Ms Nicholas. Dodge was entrusted to the care of the Lost Dogs Home and on Tuesday he was brought back the CityLink control room to visit his valient rescuers. Ms Nicholas said no one had the faintest idea how Dodge ended up three-quarters of the way inside the tunnel. Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/kitten-rescued-from-citylink-tunnel-20130416-2hy8d.html#ixzz2QcadFP7u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyosha Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Awww. Warm and fuzzies.... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Aww, poor little kitty. Glad Dodge is safe and sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Yay!! a feel good story I saw it on the news last night. Good on the controller for getting it rescued. It looked alot like my ginger cat (now departed) but mine was a she. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mita Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 (edited) Update. 300 people applied to adopt Dodge. One man, Phil, whose 18 yr old beloved cat had died, was chosen as his new 'dad'. Lovely pic of Phil & Dodge cuddling up at first meeting: http://thatdogdancingguy.com.au/2013/04/24/dodge-update/ Edited April 29, 2013 by mita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wildthing Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Have been watching and hoping for an update on this one. So glad the kitten has done so well. Just wish I had 300 people wanting to adopt every cat and kitten I have available! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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