Cat rescued from pipe unharmed save 'stinkiness,' awaits new home

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ST. GEORGE — She was stuck in a pipe. There was no way forward and she couldn't turn around. Luckily for this black and white feline, a team of city and local business employees cut through asphalt to reach her. Now she's headed for a new home.

Rooter, as she was dubbed by her rescuers, found herself in a sticky situation last Thursday afternoon. She was stuck in a pipe near Marine United at 2938 E. Panther Way, Vanessa Porter, a customer care specialist at Roto-Rooter of Southern Utah, wrote in an email to St. George News.

Jaden Hodges with Marine United heard Rooter in a storm drain at the rear of the property and contacted animal services, the St. George Animal Shelter wrote in a Facebook video.

Because the feline wandered deep into the pipe and there was no way to access her, animal services officer Sarah Allred contacted the city's Wastewater Treatment Division for help, the shelter wrote.

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