Local Crime Weather Taxing Long Island Vote 2026: Long Island elections Clear 54° LIVE Local Crime Weather Taxing Long Island Vote 2026: Long Island elections Kitten rescued from Deer Park storm drain to be named after snack that saved her Rescuers now plan to name the kitten Chicken Nugget, after the snack that helped lure her to safety. Karina Kovac
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North Fork Country Kids Animal Rescue was called in to assist police in getting the trapped kitten out of a storm drain
The nonprofit's founder, Virginia Scudder, arrived at the scene around 8:30 a.m. and worked for over 5 hours to bring the feisty feline safely to the surface
Scudder thanked Suffolk police for helping pull the drainage grating so the rescue could set a kitten trap