When the oil disaster happened in Nefteyugansk, everyone was shocked. It was one of the biggest oil spill in that region. This was treating all the region, the flora and the fauna. It was devastating for the area. Everyone was trying to save their lives.
But, not only human lives was in danger. The animals were trapped in the dangerous oil. The situation escalated when the oil leaked into the floodwater. This kind young man noticed two little kitties were trapped in the oil.
They were desperately meowing for some help. They were hardly trying to stay above the oil…
These two little kitties was saved after almost drowning in oil spill from a broken pipelines in a Siberian area.
A local hero Anatoly Tuptey – who was trying to stop the spread of oil in floodwater from Ob River – said he heard the desperate meowing of the kitties near a dacha (country house) affected by the disaster.
“I just cannot believe what I saw ” he said. “I had to check better”.
‘I immediately went toward them. Half my body was in the oil. It was very dangerous situation, but I just couldn’t left the kitties.
‘I went as far as I can in big boots and found a horrible sight. In the oil filled house a wooden board was floating, with these two tiny kitties fighting for their lives with the last strength . One kitty was up to its little neck in the oil.
‘Without thinking I went to rescue them.
“I took them up, hugged the little guys, and brought them on the safety, where I wrapped them in my T-shirt to warm them up.”
They were all covered in oil, but they are slowly recovering after the shock. A later photo from rescuer Anatoly – now called ‘Baywatch’ by his buddies, shows one of the kitties playing with his puppy.
‘A several days before I saved people and equipment when a boat overturned, this day it was kitties.’
Anatoly posted photos as he held the kitties which were near death. He add that people were without hearts leaving their pets in the flood.
The Ob was flooded when the spill happens on 23 June and the main devastation is to an region already underwater.
Source: Siberian Times
