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# Lola the cat rescued from inside a wall after five days
- URL: https://www.catstandard.co.uk/lola-cat-rescued-inside-wall-five-days/
- Published: 2026-09-25T06:04:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-18T21:50:47.000Z
- Description: A Long Island cat who vanished during a house move was found trapped behind a wall and carefully pulled to safety after five days.
- Author: Kieran Simpson
- Tags: The Cat Uplift, #news

Lola, a cat who vanished while her family moved out of a Long Island flat, has been pulled safely from the wall where she had become trapped.

The Associated Press reported that Lola disappeared beneath a floorboard in the family’s second-floor home in Franklin Square. Animal rescuer John DeBacker and his team set food, a trap and cameras, but Lola avoided the trap during her night-time appearances.

Then she stopped appearing. The team discovered that she had fallen into the space behind a first-floor wall, where DeBacker said she spent about five days trapped, probably upside down.

On 18 September, a contractor helped the rescuers cut an opening in the wall. They first used an electric saw, then changed to a quieter drill when an endoscopic camera showed that Lola was frightened. DeBacker reached through the opening, found her hind legs and drew her out backwards into a waiting crate.

Lola went to an emergency vet and is now back with her family. The happy ending still comes with a job in progress: the AP reported that she had eaten insulation, had a poor appetite and was continuing to receive veterinary care.

DeBacker’s practical advice for anyone moving house was to secure the cat before the moving begins.

Source: [Associated Press reporting by Hallie Golden, published by WRAL](https://www.wral.com/news/ap/ce371-catman-to-the-rescue-as-man-pulls-stuck-long-island-pet-to-safety-after-long-ordeal/?ref=catstandard.co.uk), 24 September 2026; checked 25 September 2026\. The rescue took place on 18 September. Details of Lola’s veterinary care are limited to the rescuer’s account reported by the AP.