Re: Hero Cat and Cat's Heroes

Amen Karen, and they'll deserve whatever they get!   Grrr.

On 1/3/06, Karen Fernsler <kmwos@korora.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, Pussycats are very resourceful, but not if locked in cages with
> rocks.
> Hope whoever did this has the Big Karma Wheel spinning their way soon.
>
> On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 04:12:16PM -0500, Bonnie & Bill Morgan wrote:
> > LOL!!! Thanks for giving us both a bad news/good news set of stories,
> Kitty!
> >
> >
> > For the life of me, I'll never understand how people can be so cruel to
> > critters and one another.  And the Rescue cat is really something!  I'd
> > always been told you couldn't train a cat, but I've known of folks who
> > taught their cats to use the toilet and to open doors by themselves, so
> why
> > not to dial 911?  People don't give critters enough credit for what they
> can
> > do.
> >
> > Thanks, again, Kitty!
> >
> > Blessings,
> > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf
> > Of kmrsy@netzero.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 12:24 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: [CHAT] Hero Cat and Cat's Heros
> >
> > Firefighters rescue caged cat from icy river
> > Calico cat survives cruel ordeal, is adopted and named 'Lucky'
> >
> > MISSOULA, Mont. - If cats have nine lives, a kitty here has definitely
> used
> > one up.
> >
> > The house cat survived being locked in a cage, thrown off a bridge and
> then
> > stranded in an icy puddle of river slush.
> >
> > The ordeal ended Tuesday morning when a pair of passers-by spotted the
> > calico cat while crossing a footbridge and called for help.
> >
> > Missoula firefighters arrived minutes later, donned wet suits and
> launched a
> > rescue boat.
> >
> > Someone had put the animal in a cage, along with a rock weighing about
> > 16 pounds, and tossed it into the Clark Fork River. But instead of
> > landing in the water, it bounced several times on the ice and then
> > became stuck.
> >
> >
> > Its unclear how long the cat had been there.
> >
> > Firefighters took it back to the fire station, dried it off and fed it
> > leftover Christmas turkey and a dish of milk.
> >
> > It was really skinny, nothing but skin and bones, and had collar marks
> > where a too-small collar had rubbed the fur off its neck. But it was
> > really friendly, firefighter Philip Keating said.
> >
> >
> > Firefighter Josh Macrow decided to keep the cat. After his shift, he
> took it
> > to a vet and then home to his 12-year-old daughter.
> >
> > Its the sweetest cat, Macrow said. It sits on your shoulder when you
> > drive down the road and it curled up with my black Labs this morning.
> >
> >
> > Naming the animal was easy, he said.
> >
> > We call her Lucky.
> >
> >
> > >>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<
> > Hero cat apparently dials 911 to help owner
> > Responding to emergency call, police officer finds feline next to phone
> >
> > COLUMBUS, Ohio - Police aren't sure how else to explain it. But when an
> > officer walked into an apartment Thursday night to answer a 911 call, an
> > orange-and-tan striped cat was lying by a telephone on the living room
> > floor. The cat's owner, Gary Rosheisen, was on the ground near his bed
> > having fallen out of his wheelchair.
> >
> >
> > Rosheisen said his cat, Tommy, must have hit the right buttons to call
> 911.
> >
> > "I know it sounds kind of weird," Officer Patrick Daugherty said,
> > unsuccessfully searching for some other explanation.
> >
> > Rosheisen said he couldn't get up because of pain from osteoporosis and
> > ministrokes that disrupt his balance. He also wasn't wearing his
> > medical-alert necklace and couldn't reach a cord above his pillow that
> > alerts paramedics that he needs help.
> >
> >
> > Daugherty said police received a 911 call from Rosheisen's apartment,
> > but there was no one on the phone. Police called back to make sure
> > everything was OK, and when no one answered, they decided to check
> > things out.
> >
> >
> > That's when Daugherty found Tommy next to the phone.
> >
> > Rosheisen got the cat three years ago to help lower his blood pressure.
> > He tried to train him to call 911, unsure if the training ever stuck.
> >
> >
> > The phone in the living room is always on the floor, and there are 12
> > small buttons  including a speed dial for 911 right above the button
> > for the speaker phone.
> >
> >
> > "He's my hero," Rosheisen said.
> >
> > ) 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved
> >
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