Roger Clemens’ former daughter-in-law Callie crawls by sewers to rescue stray canines in Texas

Roger Clemens’ animal-loving former daughter-in-law has spent the final 4 days crawling by Texas sewers to rescue a litter of deserted puppies.

Callie Clemens and her canine Giselle led a small group of volunteers by town’s storm drains after listening to studies of puppies whimpering underground in Houston, KHOU11 reported Friday.

Clemens, who was as soon as married to the previous Yankee and Purple Sox pitcher’s son Koby Clemens, had efficiently rescued two of the black lab mutt pups, and was headed again to the sewer system Saturday to search out the remainder of the litter.

“I can’t sleep understanding there’s puppies in right here going to die,” Clemens instructed the outlet.

“I do know they’re nonetheless in there, I simply assume they’re additional down,” she instructed the native station, which revealed footage of her shifting the sewer grate in a residential neighborhood and squeezing by the 24-inch entrance to the filthy system, armed with only a floodlight and her trusted pooch.

 “It’s tough to get in there. You need to be very small as a result of not anyone can match,” the girl, who’s 5 toes tall and spry, told The Daily Mail Saturday night time.

“There’s no means the pet can get out by itself so it’s as much as us and I’ve no disgrace to go down and get it.”

One problem that Clemens, a 2010 school graduate who based the nonprofit group Paws Off The Streets, based on her LinkedIn, encountered is that the puppies are terrified of the rescuers. The 2 that have been delivered to security initially scampered away after they heard her coming by the foul-smelling, cockroach-infested waters.

“The puppies screamed. They acquired louder and ran away. We needed to try to nook them. We ended up going extra north,” the divorced girl, who stored the well-known identify of her disgraced ex-father-in-law, defined.

“I noticed them fairly rapidly. They ran away, they have been tiny.”

Clemens had by no means didn’t find an deserted animal in her seven years of doing rescues, she stated, and instructed the outlet she wouldn’t relaxation till the remaining one or two puppies was pulled to security.

She additionally added that she would take into account adopting the final pup to be pulled from the system.

Extensively thought of probably the greatest pitchers in Main League Baseball historical past, Roger Clemens spent most of his profession with the Boston Purple Sox and New York Yankees. Koby Clemens is his eldest son who performed within the minor leagues.

Callie Clemens’ rescue efforts spotlight the epidemic of stray animals in Texas’ largest metropolis.

Some a million stray dogs and cats are stated to be wandering the streets of Houston, a lot of them abused and left for lifeless, according to the documentary “For the Animals.”

Town of two.2 million individuals doesn’t have obligatory spay-neuter legal guidelines, exacerbating the issue.

Nonetheless, metropolis officers had lent help to Callie Clemens’ efforts by unlocking storm drains and offering engineers to help her, based on the report.

“I’m invested, I’m hopeful and I stay optimistic,” she stated.

“It’s very arduous to get me to give up. I’m very captivated with it.”