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 didn'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 didn'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 
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used a long pole and a hammer to rescue the cat in simferopol, crimea . 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 