A Kitten Spent 5 Hours in a Long Island Storm Drain. Chicken Nuggets Got Her Out, So That's Her Name Now.
After more than five hours, the only thing that worked was fast food. The kitten is named after it.
DEER PARK, N.Y., Nov. 10, 2026 — The kitten would not come up for anyone. She came up for chicken nuggets.
Suffolk County police were called Sunday to a storm drain in Deer Park, on Long Island, where a stray kitten was stuck below the street. They brought in North Fork Country Kids Animal Rescue, and its founder, Virginia Scudder, got there around 8:30 a.m., News 12 reported.
What followed took more than five hours. Officers pulled up the drainage grate so Scudder could lower a kitten trap into the drain, and the bait she settled on was chicken nuggets, UPI reported. Eventually the kitten, described by News 12 as feisty, walked into the trap for a bite.
Video from the rescue shows Scudder reaching down into the drain and hauling the kitten up to the sidewalk, still inside the carrier. Scudder thanked Suffolk police for their help getting the grate off.
The rescuers didn't have to think long about a name. The kitten is now Chicken Nugget, after the snack that got her out.
She was headed to a veterinarian for a full checkup, and once she is cleared, Chicken Nugget will be up for adoption.
Written by Odd News Staff from the reports above. All reporting credit belongs to those outlets.
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