Now named Hopper , the kitten is sure thankful for the splendid hearing from William Montero and John Kase .
A pair of alert sanitation workers in New York City negociate to rescue a 10 - calendar week - old kitty who ’d been thrown out in a trash old bag — moments before the food waste truck ’s trash compactor would ’ve crushed the felid to death .
The two desperate workers , William Montero , 40 , and John Kase , 52 , were working their route in Queens on Monday when they were doing their job as common , theNew York Daily Newsreports . Namely , picking up an ordinary dish of trash and tossing it into the back of the truck .
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Then they heard something .
" It was about eight bags and a couple of rear , " Montero tell the newsprint . " As I have the first duet of bag in I heard a meowing sound and I said , ' Please let that be a toy dog . ' We picked up a duet of more bags and we hear the meow again and sure as solar day there was a kitten at heart . "
The orange cat had scarce made it . The bag he occupy was going to be squash by the motortruck ’s hopper , the machinery that compress the folderol so the drivel men can collect as much as possible .
" The cat by all odds would have died , " Kase told theDaily News . " As the truck cycles through , there is a piston on the hopper that ’s 2,200 PSI . I ’ve broken bowling ball in the back . "
Phew , penny-pinching one . Our heroes dutifully reckon through the balance of the trash to make certain the kitten — now advert Hopper!—wasn’t accompanied by any littermates . Thankfully , he was alone .
Kase ended up cradle Hopper , who did n’t like journey in a composition board box , as he drove along the rest of his path . Soon , a executive program issue forth to pick Hopper up and strike him toNoah ’s Ark Animal Rescue , the newsprint reported .
A veterinary exam revealed that Hopper was suffering from upper respiratory and center infection . Denise Hock , Noah ’s Ark ’s founder , separate theDaily Newsshe plans to rehabilitate Hopper and eventually witness him a young , lasting home .
She remark something that we really should n’t have to even talk about : When it comes to deliver a cat , you always have better options thanthrowing your pet aside .
" What would go through someone ’s mind to tie a cat in a bagful and shoot down it ? " she told the paper . " If you do n’t want it , call someone . Take it to a precinct . There are so many shelters . It get no sense why someone would do something so horrible . "
