Heroes of the Week: ARL and Fall River Animal Control Rescue Trapped kitten

All it takes to be a hero is to pay attention, and get help for someone who needs it- human or animal. This week's heroes are the unknown people who heard a trapped kitten and the Animal Rescue League of Boston and Fall River Animal Control who saved the little one.

( Photo: A kitten was rescued from under a boardwalk in Fall River this week. Wharf is expected to be up for adoption in the next week. Animal Rescue League of Boston)

Trapped kitten rescued from beneath boardwalk in Fall River, Mass.

By Lindsay Shachnow, Boston com, July 30, 2024

A 9-week-old kitten was rescued this week after finding itself at the bottom of a steep embankment below a boardwalk in Fall River.

A couple was walking near the Cove Restaurant and Marina when they heard the kitten meowing and called for assistance, according to the Animal Rescue League of Boston.

The ARL of Boston Field Services Department responded, finding the kitten, now named Wharf, curled up on a rock.

“The kitten was about 20 feet below the boardwalk,” the ARL wrote in a statement. “The steeply sloped and rocky area was not accessible without risk of injury, and the fear was the kitten would run and hide if responders attempted to come down to his level.”

Instead, the ARL and Fall River Animal Control lowered a humane cat trap down, using food to tempt Wharf to enter it.

After about 40 minutes, the rescuers successfully secured Wharf for transport to ARL’s Boston Animal Care and Adoption Center and gave the kitten a veterinary exam.

Aside from being “ravenously hungry and frightened” Wharf was found to be in “good overall health.”

“ARL wishes to thank the Good Samaritans who reported the wayward kitten, and Fall River Animal Control for their assistance in rescuing this adventurous animal,” the ARL wrote.