A stray kitten on Long Island got stuck 15 feet down a pipe outside someone’s home, and firefighters couldn’t reach it, but a volunteer named John Debacker showed up and got it out in 20 minutes by playing cat sounds on his phone.  He works with a group called Long Island Cat Kitten Solutions that catches strays to spay or neuter them.  The kitten he saved is now up for adoption, and since she was found in a pipe, they named her Piper……………..Zoo Miami gave a Father’s Day shoutout to one of its residents this weekend.  Goliath is a 500-pound Galapagos tortoise who became a first-time dad this month at age 135.  A spokesperson for the zoo called him “living proof that where there is a will, there is a way.”………………And finally………… 

Speaking of zoo animals, elephants might be your new favorite after this:  A gazelle was trapped in a body of water at La Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City recently, and a quick-thinking elephant extended its trunk into the water to create a place for the gazelle to climb out. That didn’t work, but, cheered on by a crowd, the elephant managed to wrap its trunk around the gazelle’s horn and pull it to safety.