All's well that ends well for a California kitten newly dubbed "Rusty," who was rescued after becoming trapped 10 feet down a metal pipe in an abandoned field.

It happened in Alameda, a city in the Bay Area, last weekend. Alameda Police Department Animal Control Officer Crum was dispatched to Ferry Point after a passerby reported hearing a kitten in distress. Once on scene, Crum traced the kitten's plaintive cries to a metal pipe and found the little guy stuck at the bottom.

The depth of the pipe made the rescue a challenge, but Crum improvised and eventually pulled the frightened feline to safety. The kitten had clearly been through an ordeal. He was covered in wet rust, and his paw pads were raw from his many unsuccessful attempts to climb out on his own. After a warm bath and some TLC, his rescuers gave him the name Rusty.

The story didn't end there. Rusty has already been placed in a foster home with an APD dispatcher — the very same dispatcher who answered the original call about a kitten in trouble.

"It really does take a village," the department wrote in a post about the rescue, noting that a passerby, a dispatcher, a patrol sergeant and an animal control officer all played a part.

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