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In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, is a tiny kitten that was found on a conveyor belt and escaped potential death at recycling center in Galt, Calif. The tiny kitten now has a new home after being found at the Northern California recycling center. A Cal-Waste Recovery Systems operator spotted the kitten heading down a conveyor belt Tuesday, moving toward near-certain death by compression. Loader operator Tony Miranda says the kitten presumably made it through a ride in a dump truck before a tractor pushed the kitten onto one of two conveyer belts. Miranda scooped up the pink-nosed, white-pawed kitten after it fell from the first belt to the other. (KCRA-TV via AP)

Worker rescues tiny kitten from conveyor belt at Northern California recycling plant

GALT, Calif. – A worker at a Northern California recycling centre saved a tiny kitten from certain death when he spotted the animal heading down a conveyor belt.

Tony Miranda tells television station KCRA that (http://bit.ly/1NTvDoG ) he was sorting recyclables Tuesday when he found the pink-nosed, white-pawed cat between the debris and scooped it up.

It’s not clear how the kitten got in with the trash, but it may have survived a ride in a dump truck before a tractor pushed it onto one of two conveyer belts.

A call went out to employees of Cal-Waste Recovery Systems that a baby cat had been discovered at the facility in Galt, a city about 90 miles northeast of San Francisco.

Another worker decided to adopt the kitten and named it Murphy.

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Information from: KCRA-TV.

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