I know that several of my loyal readers disagree with my preference of cats over dogs and the battles have been fierce, but here is proof that cats are indeed intelligent and worthy of some love.
From Fox News:
NEW CASTLE, Ind. — A cat helped spare a family from death by carbon monoxide poisoning by jumping on the bed and meowing wildly as fumes filled the home, the owners said.
Eric and Cathy Keesling said their 14-year-old cat, Winnie, played a crucial role in saving their lives March 24 after a gasoline-powered water pump in their basement caused the odorless but deadly gas to build up.
About 1 a.m., the domestic shorthair began nudging Cathy's ear and meowing loudly.
"It was a crazy meow, almost like she was screaming," said Cathy, who hesitated to get up until Winnie's caterwauling and jumping persisted.
When she finally climbed from bed, she realized she was nauseous and dizzy and couldn't awaken her husband. Because he had undergone minor neck surgery the previous day, she decided to call 911 but was so disoriented she had trouble dialing.
Paramedics found the couple's 14-year-old son, Michael, unconscious on the floor near his bedroom. The Keeslings were taken from the home in oxygen masks, treated for carbon monoxide poisoning and soon recovered.
Cathy Keesling said Winnie acted similarly last summer when tornadoes tore through the area, 45 miles east of Indianapolis.
So there you have it, folks. Cats aren't all bad...
2 comments:
Well here we go. A blogger gets [one] lousy award and thinks she can get away with posting most anything.
To those of us living in the real world, this fortuitous and inadvertent outcome was not due to a loyal pet's concern for its family.
No, this obnoxious feline was obviously "high" on the carbon monoxide fumes - probably disgruntled over some cat toy issue - and having lost its inhibitions through the effects of the gas - was, in fact, attacking its owners while they slept.
For that matter, would anyone really be surprised if it was the cat that sabotaged the gasoline-powered water pump in the first place? I think not.
pChristina - I saw something about this on the news teaser...but was lured away by some other program and didn't get to see the whole story. So thank you for filling me in.
Unfortunately, I think tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum in my house would just flop over and die. Maybe I need to adopt a more Winnie-esque cat. Nah, because three would make me the crazy cat lady and some non-cat-lovers who shall remain nameless would have way too much fun picking on me.
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