Kitten causes havoc for traffic officers on M1 near Rotherham after 'hours' of car dodging

A kitten was rescued from the motorway near Rotherham and taken to a vet to be checked over.
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Traffic officers spent a number of hours yesterday afternoon (Thursday, July 13) trying to rescue a teeny black kitten after it found itself on the motorway.

The cat was spotted on the M1 near junction 32 for the M18, near Rotherham.

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On Twitter, National Highways said that the "little bundle of fluff" had been "keeping our late crews busy" for a number of hours, but that officers had finally managed to rescue it.

The kitten was then taken to a vets “after an afternoon dodging traffic”.

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