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What began as an ordinary drive home on a wet Hawkesbury night turned into a heart-warming rescue, thanks to the kindness of local emergency service volunteers from the NSW State Emergency Service (SES).
Local resident Mrs Glyn Scott had just left Richmond when she heard a faint meowing sound that seemed to be coming from inside her car. After pulling into a nearby petrol station and lifting the bonnet, a tiny black kitten was discovered curled deep inside the engine bay, seeking warmth and shelter from the cold and rain.
“She was breathing, but she was completely still and we couldn’t reach her,” Mrs Scott said.
Two experienced SES volunteers, Kevin and Peter, who have served in the service for many years, arrived on the scene and assessed the best way to rescue the kitten. At one stage, they were lying on the wet ground with the scene strongly illuminated by the powerful lights of the emergency vehicles, working carefully to free the tiny animal.
Using wooden blocks and an inflatable air bladder, the volunteers gently raised the front of the vehicle and safely lifted the kitten from the engine, wrapping her in a blanket as soon as she was free.
Amazingly, the kitten appeared unharmed despite having travelled several kilometres inside the car. She was taken to Nepean Animal Hospital at Regentville, where veterinary staff confirmed she had not suffered burns or injuries.
With no microchip detected, the kitten was transferred the following day to an animal hospital participating in a Cat Adoption Program. Now named Sabrina, she received vaccinations and desexing and thrived in care.
Just weeks after her rescue, Sabrina has since been happily adopted into a loving home a far cry from the cold, wet night she sought shelter inside a car engine.
Mrs Scott said the rescue was a reminder of the quiet acts of kindness carried out by local volunteers.
“They gave up their time on a wet night to save a tiny life,” she said. ”
