Farm girls rescue kitten during a storm after seeing the drenched yet determined feline's attempt to climb the fence to avoid drowning: 'I knew I had to help, even in the pouring rain'

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Emma Saven
Jun 26, 2025 5:00 AM EDT

There's nothing more beautiful than rescuing an animal—and even better, turning someone into a forever cat person in the process. 🐾

It's one thing to rescue an animal at a shelter (which is already amazing), but there's just something extra special about running out during a flood to save a tiny, few-day-old kitten trying to escape rising water. Holding them close, keeping them warm, fed, and full of love—it's the kind of moment that stays with you forever. 

Animals feel emotion, so it's so important to stay calm and gentle, hoping they can mirror that energy… especially when they're just a fragile, wide-eyed little kitty. 

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    oh look at this sweet thing. It's probably exhausted. This is one of the new farm kittnens. I named him Hercules.
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  • Please enjoy this pawsome rescue story—against all odds and all weather conditions, this perfect kitty met its forever family.

    Because saving one animal won't change the world, but it will change the world for one animal. Please enjoy the beautiful bond that forms right in front of our eyes. You know what they say: you don't pick your pets, they pick you.

    And when they do, it's like the universe gives you a little piece of magic wrapped in fur.

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    A sudden thunderstorm hit this afternoon and it came a FLOOD. Or as we call it in Alabama, a "gully washer." oh my word oh
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    My best friend and I were outside filming the flooding when I happened to see this little kitten, trying to not drown by climbing the fence
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    BEWARE OF THE DOG I knew I had to help. Even in the pouring rain.
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    thought you weren't a cat person
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    Well.. it was climbing up the the fence
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    Look at it
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    He was soaking wet. Shaking. So sad.
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    I was so glad I spotted him! Otherwise, he would have possibly drowned.
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    oh look at this sweet thing. It's probably exhausted.
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    This is one of the new farm kittnens. I named him Hercules.
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    After I dried him off, I took him back to the barn where his mother was anxiously looking for him. M sometimes the new kittens like to wander off from the barn and come down to their house
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    He's a cutie.
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    Love you little Hercules.
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    ++LadyArcana++ omg did you check for siblings?
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    @TheHannah Stephens Creator Yes, they were and are safe and warm in the barn
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    MySweetEthel Orange cats are something special...the universe was giving u a gift
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    JZP not all heros wear capes. some where towels
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    mandypandy03 Hercules?! As in, son of Zeus? As in the god of thunder and lightning?!
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    ecstatic.barnacle and suddenly from that moment hannah was now, without a doubt, a cat person
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    Athar Fianra "I thought you weren't a cat person...." You don't have to be a cat person to be a good soul, you saw a little life in need and chose to help
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    Meet Hercules. I rescued this cute boy from a thunderstorm today that caused flash flooding. He was soaked and scared… now he’s warm and safe! #kitten #kittensoftiktok #rescue #flooding #rescuekitten #cats #catsoftiktok #catrescue #kittenrescue #alabama

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