Rescuers had to rappel down a 65ft-deep well to reach a kitten that was stuck in the water overnight.<br /> <br />A neighbour heard the cat crying while she was fetching water in Semarang City, Central Java province, Indonesia, on September 22.<br /> <br />The woman called the rescuers for help and told them it was a stray feline that had been hanging around for the last few weeks searching for food.<br /> <br />Firefighters arrived with long ropes before building a pulley system on top of the well.<br /> <br />The Semarang City Fire and Rescue Service said: "As soon as we received the report that night, we headed straight to the location with complete evacuation equipment."<br /> <br />One of the rescuers attached a safety harness to the pulley before descending into the dark well.<br /> <br />He was wearing an oxygen mask tied to a gas cylinder on his backpack and a helmet with a flashlight before he rapelled down.<br /> <br />After a few minutes, the rescuer signalled his colleagues to bring him up and they immediately pulled the rope.<br /> <br />The rescuer emerged with the frightened and wet black kitten that was wrapped in a towel to stop it from shivering.<br /> <br />The rescue mission lasted for almost two hours because of the elaborate pulley they set up on the well.<br /> <br />The house owner decided to adopt the kitten and put a cover on the well to prevent hungry strays from falling again.
