Re: Hero Cat and Cat's Heros

Me too Andrea.  I'm not a violent person, but people who abuse animals and
children make me want to go postal in a big way.
Ugh.


On 1/3/06, Andrea Hodges <andrea.hodges@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> DON'T get me started on people who abuse animals. (or other people) I
> can rage on for hours. I did send an email to a Boxer rescue group here
> in IL asking if they needed volunteers today. Hopefully I'll hear
> something back.
>
> A
>
> Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> NO doubt!
>
> Why would someone do that... there are other alternatives if you want to
> get
> rid of an animal...Geesh.
>
> Donna
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf Of Zemuly Sanders
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 3:16 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hero Cat and Cat's Heros
> >
> > It's a fact that people will do to other people what they would do to
> > animals. Whoever treated that cat so cruelly should be locked up in a
> > cage -- for a very long time.
> > zem
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jesse Bell"
> > To:
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:35 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hero Cat and Cat's Heros
> >
> >
> > > Wow....I just don't know how ANYbody could be cruel enough to do that
> to
> > > a cat. For crying out loud...find a home for it...that is just insane.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "kmrsy@netzero.com" wrote:
> > > 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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