A trapped kitten under a car hood turned into an unusual rescue job for a Georgia deputy.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office said school resource officer Nick Jackson was working election security at the Spout Springs Library in Flowery Branch, Georgia, on Tuesday, June 16, when he noticed two women standing by a car on a nearby street with the hood open.
“Two ladies appeared to be in a dilemma, so he went to investigate. The ladies told him there was a kitten trapped behind the engine,” the sheriff’s office wrote in a post on Facebook.
Body camera footage showed the women telling Jackson there were three kittens in the car. They said they had already gotten two out, but a black and white kitten was still stuck.
“The one that’s in there is right up on her transmission, and we can’t get it,” one of the women said.
Using a drum stick from the women’s car and his own flashlight, Jackson pried the kitten from behind the engine and lifted it to safety.
“I’m glad you had that drum stick, that worked perfect!” Jackson can be heard telling the women in the body camera footage. “Because what it did was distract him.”
The women said they did not know how the cats got into the car, but they were glad they found them. They also said they planned to take the kittens to a local humane society.
The sheriff’s office later compared the rescue with another recent animal call in the county. Just days earlier, Hall County Fire Rescue said firefighters helped save an injured black lab trapped in a ravine during a storm. The dog was carried out of the woods, taken to a vet and cared for, according to a Facebook post from the fire department.
“So, we saw those heartwarming photos of last week’s dog rescue by firefighters from Hall County Fire Rescue. Great job, guys, but we’ll see your dog rescue and raise you a kitten rescue from a car engine,” the sheriff’s office wrote. “The ball’s back in your court, Hall County Fire Rescue!”
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