3 week old kitten rescued from Abraham Lincoln Statue [video]

10 News (WTSP) | 11/18/12

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Awwwww!

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[Fred Nerks]

Absolutely beautifully wonderfully heart warming - but how did that teensie weensie little kitty end up inside the statue? (I hate to think someone put it there.)

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In my experience, kittens get in to anywhere that they can, and some places that they can’t.

[smokingfrog]

That kitten was so young, I don’t know if he could have gotten inside that statue by himself. Maybe mom left him in there and couldn’t figure out how to get him back out.

[Spktyr]

Cats can teleport (or they sure seem to be able to, anyway.)

[Fred Nerks]

Oh well, main thing is, it’s safe now. Wonder where its mother and brother and sisters are. I’m a worry-wart.

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Good question. I’m leaning towards the teleport theory.

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Seems reasonable.

[Fire_on_High]

We came to that conclusion some years ago after having a kitty escape from a closed carrier...and we found it still closed.

[Fred Nerks]

I think I get it now...

[JimmyMc]

FAKE.

[BigCinBigD]

I want him! But I would rename him...Lee.
:o)

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Well, he already has a gray suit.

[BigCinBigD]

That’s what I was thinking!

[Grams A]

We had a kitten that somehow got inside the furnace. Fortunately it was summer and the pilot light was not on. They had to take part of the furnace apart in order to rescue her. Never could figure out how she managed to get inside. My mother was not happy and as I remember we didn’t have any more kittens after that.

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I had a kitten vanish from a closed kitchen. I eventually found him napping in the sleeve of my jacket...after opening every cabinet and moving the fridge.

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;^)

[thecodont]

When I hear of missing kitties I think of the poem by Cowper

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-retired-cat/

Nice that this story had a happy ending.

[Biggirl]

Kitten was named Abe after Abe Lincoln.

[martin_fierro]

I had not one, but two kittehs crawl inside my head and heart.

They’re still there.

=^..^= =^..^=

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I figured it wasn’t Abe after Abe Vigoda. ;^)

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Persistant that way, they are.

[Josa]

That was my first thought too. Didn’t really happen. Media set it up so they could get a feel good story out there to distract from the destruction being wrought on our country. People, don’t let them manipulate you.

[TheOldLady]

You got that right. Miss Hissy Slashy teleports all the time. She will be sitting at my feet, and I’ll walk into another room, and there she is, lying down and acting as if she had just awakened as I walked in.

She’s eerie, but she likes a tummy rub as much as normal cats do.

Thanks for the heartwarming ping, SA&.

[CAluvdubya]

What a great Thanksgiving story! The best ones involve kittens!

I had not one, but two kittehs crawl inside my head and heart.

That happened to me, too......That's how I came to have five of the little critters. That last two to arrive are a brother/sister act. They are now almost 6 months old and wrecking havoc in my house. I can tell they are sharpening their claws in anticipation of my Christmas decorations!

.....but I love 'em!

[Joe 6-pack]

"...how did that teensie weensie little kitty end up inside the statue?"

"Probably the same way you get a mouse in a beer bottle, eh."

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Or maybe Jeff?

[Verginius Rufus]

Not the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial.

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Correct.

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Always a pleasure.

[Fawn]

Yesterday, a woman down the street called me about a 5 week old kitten crying outside her door...all gray just like this one. She wanted me to come and take it. I said I am full ( I am) and can't take anymore right now, but if she could just tame it for a month, and i'll take it to get adopted. She said, 'well, she said she can't tame it because she is having company come over the Holiday. 'So, she called Animal care and control. They came to take it. She wrote me saying that it was purring and playing with her for awhile before they came. I had told her that if she gave it to them, that they would just put it down and they confirmed it to her when she asked. I did not think she would go through with it. She did. She writes me today saying she is sick to her stomach over her decision and can't get it out of her mind.

Good.

[Sunshine Sister]

Such a tiny baby. Glad it was rescued and will be cared for.

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Amen.

[Lady Jag]

Unless it was a prank, the rest of his family shouldn't be too far away.

Give a hand

[Lady Jag]

Is he still alive?

[Lady Jag]

For the first time in my owned-by-cats life I had the chance to actually choose one. Drove two hours to look at a Siamese litter of six. Wanted a chcolate point and there were two.

As I was attempting to pull one out of the cage, it pulled back and another kitten tried to leap into my arms. Tried to pull the other chocolate point out and the same kitten crawled over it and into my hands. A crowd had gathered at the cat show as this little seal point insisted on being mine.

So, in my forever being chosen by stray cats coming out of the woods, it was finally and permanently established that cats do indeed choose you!

[Hot Tabasco]

That’s a weird looking cat. What did you do, jam it thru ten feet of pvc?

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Hard to tell.

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Status report.

[Gefn]

Perhaps Data’s cat beamed him there by accident? It’s a lovely story anyway.

I seem to recall the Lincoln White House actually did have a kitten or two.

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Lincoln liked Teh Kittehs.

http://www.nps.gov/abli/planyourvisit/lincoln-pets.htm

[Lady Jag]

Actually it IS PVC with whiskers.

[Hot Tabasco]

Is that really your cat?

[Gefn]

Lovely! I forgot that President Lincoln started the turkey pardon. Yay for the President!

My kitteh and I wish all my new friends here a very happy turkey day.

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Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours too.

[oprahstheantichrist]

Might be able to talk hubby into a gray one. Boy or girl?

[Fawn]

When you give a cat to the county ACC..it’s immediately put down.

[Gefn]

(I hope I am doing this to the correct person).

I had a gray kitty. She was wonderful and was my best friend until her death. I miss her greatly. I now have a tan tabby, I just went to the shelter and this one chose me. I was leaning towards getting a black or a white one before I went in. It was the tan tabby that came up to me and wouldn’t let go of me. She was considered un-adoptable and was due to be euthanized later that week (she had been at the shelter for two years, her time was up).

I’ve always had girls, (well, they started out life as girls), but I have been around boys that were just darling. I think the personality depends on the cat, not so much about the sex, especially once you spay/neuter them.

I hope you find the kitty you are meant to have, and it gives you love and purrs and happiness in return.