<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><div><a rel="nofollow" class="outbound_link" target="_blank" href="http://www.fark.com/goto/8966272/www.kcra.com/news/kitten-survives-galt-recycling-center-rescued-just-before-falling-into-compactor/3" style="max-height: 1000000px; text-decoration: none; height: 38px; vertical-align: middle; display: block !important;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Kitten survives near-death experience with trash compactor, just in time for STAR WARS Caturday.</span></font></a></div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of KCRA News (Sacramento, Calif.) at:</div><div><br></div><div>(video)</div><div><a href="http://m.kcra.com/news/kitten-survives-galt-recycling-center-rescued-just-before-falling-into-compactor/36987710?utm_content=link&utm_medium=website&utm_source=fark">http://m.kcra.com/news/kitten-survives-galt-recycling-center-rescued-just-before-falling-into-compactor/36987710?utm_content=link&utm_medium=website&utm_source=fark</a></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><h1 style="margin: 10px 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 40px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: 28px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Kitten survives Galt recycling center, rescued just before falling into compactor</h1></div><div><span class="authorLocation" style="font-weight: bold; float: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></span><span class="authorLocation" style="font-weight: bold; float: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></span><span class="authorLocation" style="font-weight: bold; float: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></span><span class="authorLocation" style="font-weight: bold; float: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">GALT, Calif. (KCRA) - </span></span><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A tiny kitten was discovered headed down a conveyor belt at a Galt recycling facility Tuesday, just as she was moving toward a potentially fatal compression.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Cal- Waste Loader Operator Tony Miranda was sorting the recycling when the newborn feline came into view.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We put so much material in here and we run so much stuff through it,” Miranda said. “It’s just amazing to see a little kitty survive through all this. It made my day today, definitely made my day.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The kitten was already a survivor before she reached Miranda. She presumably made it through a ride on a garbage truck before a tractor pushed her onto the first of two conveyor belts. After a several foot fall from one belt to another, Miranda spotted her.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">pretty much just found it between all the debris and bags and just everything,” he said. “I just grabbed it and immediately reported it to the line supervisor.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A call went out to other employees at the facility, letting them know what Miranda found.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Over the radio, I heard them say that they found a live cat, and I was curious cause, I mean that’s just amazing, but, I wanted to see it,” Shift Lead Heather Garcia said.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Garcia headed over to the conveyor belt and after playing with the kitten, soon found a maternal longing coming over her.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“It’s just so cute, I mean why wouldn’t you take it home,” Garcia said.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Garcia claimed the kitten as her own, naming the kitten Murphy after the material recovery facility, which employees call “The Murph.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After her shift, Garcia took Murphy and headed for home, helping the kitten go from one person’s trash to her new treasure.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p></div><div>Photos</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121915_01.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121915_01.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121915_02.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121915_02.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121915_03.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121915_03.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></body></html>