A kitten was trapped in a temple pillar in Ruifang, New Taipei City. The Animal Protection Office successfully rescued it using a metal lasso.

From the opening above the temple pillar, it can be seen that the cat is at the bottom and cannot climb up on its own. (Provided by the Animal Welfare Office)

An accident involving a kitten trapped in a temple pillar occurred at the Sanzhaofu Temple in Ruifang District, New Taipei City. A black and white kitten was suspected of slipping from the eaves to the bottom of a hollow stainless steel column that was 2.7 meters deep and only 30 centimeters wide. The Animal Protection Office was called for help. Due to the narrow space and the inoperability of the cat trap, Wang Yanxu, the director of Ruifang Animal Home, had an idea and used the metal lasso from the wild boar crane that had been seized from the car to penetrate into the column to pull the kitten out. The kitten, which had been trapped for two days, was unharmed and energetic, and the danger was successfully averted.

Wang Yanxu pointed out that when he arrived at the scene that day, he was told by the reporter that the cat was trapped inside the pillar. He looked around the temple pillar and found that there was no entrance or exit and no cat meowing. He climbed up the stairs to take a look and found a black and white kitten trapped at the bottom. This temple pillar is a hollow stainless steel pillar. The top opening is not sealed and is at the same height as the eaves. As a result, the kitten slides along the eaves and cannot escape at the bottom of the pillar. Since the temple pillar is 2.7 meters deep and the opening is 30x30 centimeters long and wide, it cannot accommodate people to enter for rescue. The cat trap seems not to be suitable at this time. The stationmaster came up with an idea and used the physical structure principle of the "metal lasso" as a rescue tool to successfully penetrate deep into the pillar to safely pull out the trapped kitten. After preliminary inspection, the kitten was full of energy.

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The New Taipei City Animal Protection Office stated that if citizens find a wild animal or fur baby trapped in a dangerous or narrow environment, they should not blindly pull it by themselves to avoid causing fractures or backlash injuries to the animal. The public can call the Animal Protection Department hotline 2959-6353 or the citizen hotline 1999 as soon as possible, and animal protection personnel with professional skills and special equipment will come to the rescue to jointly protect every precious life.

The metal lasso will tighten when there is force and will loosen when there is no force to rescue animals. (Provided by the Animal Welfare Office)