Kitten rescued when passer-by hears cries after making 16-mile round trip in car's engine

Firefighters took much than an hr to prise unfastened a car aft a kitten was heard crying weakly from wrong the engine, but the five-week-old feline is expected to marque a afloat recovery

A kitten trapped successful a car motor had a fortunate flight aft a passerby heard its cries.

Firefighters came to the cat's rescue but had to portion down the conveyance to unafraid its release. Bradford Cat Watch Rescue and Sanctuary said the kitten had suffered fractures to some its backmost legs, but should marque a afloat recovery.

The five-week-old short-haired tomcat has been named Ota aft the Toyota car successful which helium was trapped. Firefighters took much than an hr to portion down the vehicle. They recovered the kitten trapped wrong the engine.

Cat Watch laminitis Katie Lloyd said: "We initially went retired to measure and heard tiny anemic cries. It would look that the proprietor of the car had been driving astir with the kitten trapped."

She added that the proprietor had lone precocious bought the car. It had made a travel from Bradford to Halifax and back, a region of astir 16 miles, soon earlier the rescue connected Wednesday night.

Katie, 46, said: "Little Ota has had X-rays and has 2 tibia fractures successful his backmost legs but helium is young capable to marque a afloat recovery. It was acold the nighttime earlier we recovered her and we deliberation that she went into the car motor for warmth aft she mislaid her mum. Many acknowledgment to the astonishing officers astatine West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service erstwhile again for redeeming different small life."

She said the sanctuary, which opened 18 years ago, relies wholly connected volunteers.