Pets
Philadelphia Transit Workers Save Cat And Her Five Kittens Who Were Living In Station Wall
The Stray Cat Relief Fund takes in at least 700 rescues a year. This isn't the first time cats have been found at a SEPTA station.
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August 15, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — At the Stray Cat Relief Fund adoption center in South Philadelphia, a group of wide-eyed, playful kittens is settling in after a rather unusual rescue.
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These felines weren't simply found on the street. SEPTA workers discovered a mama cat and her five kittens nestled within the walls and ceiling of the 63rd Street Station on the Market-Frankford Line.
"For the last two nights, they were trying to pull the cats out," SEPTA manager John Murphy said. "Today, they decided they had to take the wall out. The cat had been able to climb up through our system all the way to the bottom and build a little nest."
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