A cat got his head stuck in an outdoor toilet and had to spend a night in subzero temperatures before being rescued by firefighters . The black moggy was discovered in a public toilet in Simferopol , on the Crimean peninsula , by a resident taking her rubbish out to a bin . Rescuers were called quickly - but they had to lift him by the tail and use a pole and hammer to remove him . Scroll down for video . A cat got his head stuck in an outdoor toilet and had to spend a night in subzero temperatures before being rescued in Simferopol , Crimea . Nina Kharitonova , 45 , said : ' I was woken up at night by the sound of a cat meowing but I just assumed it was having a fight or something . 'The next morning I went out to empty some rubbish and I could still hear it so I followed the noise into the toilet and saw this poor animal with its bottom in the air and its head down the loo . 'He was shivering with cold . I am surprised he did n't freeze to death during the night as it had been so cold . ' Rescuers used a long black pole and a small hammer to chip away a section of ceramic . Once they got a section free they delicately tugged the rest of the base from around the cat 's neck . Once they got a section free they delicately tugged the rest of the base from around the black cat 's neck . At one point it did n't look like the base of the toilet would ever come off - but luckily it did . One of the rescuers , Alexey Petrenko , said they had to be careful not to break the cat 's neck . The 53-year-old said : 'We gently chipped away at the surrounding area and I held him up by his tail while my friend freed him . 'It took about two minutes and he was so cold he could barely stand so I took him home , gave him some milk and put the fire on to warm him up . 'After two hours he seemed happy enough and back to normal and I let him go . ' The whole rescue took about two minutes . The cat was given milk and put near a fire to warm up for two hours afterwards .
Used a long pole and a hammer to rescue the cat in Simferopol , Nina Kharitonova . It is not known how he became stuck with his head down the toilet . The cat was uninjured and put near a fire with milk to warm up .