It was a dark and stormy night'

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It was a dark and stormy night.

• A dog out for an evening walk pulls his owner
  towards a storm drain in their parking lot.
• Drawing nearer, she hears a cat crying at the
  same time she notices a little furry head
  sticking out of the metal grate!

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Im stuck!

• The kitty was soaking wet, muddy, shivering and
  mewing loudly. The cat had tried to climb out of
  the drain and became wedged in between the bars,
  and was now precariously balanced on a ledge
  inside of the drain with his head outside. The
  dogwalker and her friends called the Capital Area
  Humane Society for assistance.

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To the rescue

• Chief Humane Agent Kerry Manion responded, along
  with technicians Valerie Williams and Dodie
  Shapiro. The investigators lifted the heavy
  metal grate out of the opening, kitty and all.

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Poor kitty!

• Agents wrapped the shivering, distressed kitty in
  a blanket and began the task of trying to get him
  disengaged. The cat had tried and tried and had
  only succeeded in getting himself more firmly
  stuck.

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A little to the left, a little to the right..

• As they held the grate upright, Williams held the
  cats body while Manion carefully turned the head
  and extricated the kitty. Officer Manion said it
  was similar to moving a couch through a
  doorframe, finding the one angle that would allow
  for the greatest maneuverability.

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What should we name him?

• The agents named the kitty Curious Jorge for
  getting himself in such a predicament.

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Safe but still in danger.

• The bedraggled cat was rushed to Capital
  Emergency Veterinary Services for immediate
  medical attention. His body temperature was so
  low that it didnt register on the thermometer,
  at less than 92 degrees (normal feline
  temperature is 101 degrees Fahrenheit).

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Warm and dry at last

• The medical team dried and warmed Jorge, placing
  him on a heated water mattress and creating a
  warm tent of towels, forcing warm air into the
  tent with a hose.

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Miraculously.

• Other than hypothermia, his only visible injuries
  were broken blood vessels in his eyes, a result
  of tugging and straining to pull himself free.

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You wouldnt believe the night I had..

• After his night in the hospital, Curious came to
  the Capital Area Humane Society to recover and
  regain his strength.
• Warm and safe, Jorge is held by Valerie Williams,
  one of the technicians who rescued him.

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born to be wild.

• It seems Curious Jorge was no stranger to the
  outdoors. He was a feral cat, accustomed to
  living in the wild, and although grateful, was
  not easy to handle and not a candidate to be a
  family pet. He was vaccinated, neutered, and
  entrusted to a feral cat colony caretaker to
  resume life in the wild.

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• Curious Jorge owes his life (were not sure which
  number he is on) to the dog who led his mom to
  discover him, the good Samaritans who called the
  Capital Area Humane Society (and continued to
  call every day to check on his progress), Capital
  Emergency Veterinary Services, his new caretaker,
  and the entire team at the Capital Area Humane
  Society.

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Dont wait!

• If you see an animal in distress, call the
  Capital Animal Humane Society Cruelty
  Investigations hotline at [phone] ext. 250.