Yahoo News Kitten freed from car engine after being trapped following 16-mile round trip
A tiny kitten has had a miraculous escape after being trapped in the engine of a Toyota, prompting firefighters to take apart the car to save the feline.
Bradford Cat Watch Rescue and Sanctuary reported that while the five-week-old tomcat suffered leg fractures, a full recovery is expected.
Named Ota by the rescue team, after enduring more than an hour's ordeal within the car engine, the firefighters' diligent efforts finally freed him.
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Katie Lloyd, the founder of Cat Watch Sanctuary, remarked, "We initially went out to assess and heard tiny weak cries. It would seem that the owner of the car had been driving around with the kitten trapped."
The future seems brighter for Ota, despite his traumatic journey of approximately 16 miles from Bradford to Halifax and back just prior to being rescued on Wednesday night.
Katie Lloyd, aged 46, continued: "Little Ota has had X-rays and has two tibia fractures in his back legs but he is young enough to make a full recovery.
It was cold the night before we found her and we think that she went into the car engine for warmth after she lost her mum.
Many thanks to the amazing officers at West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service once again for saving another little life."
The 18 year old sanctuary, as mentioned by Lloyd, operates solely with the help of volunteers, reports the Mirror.
