Posted on 08/17/2021 10:23:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
When a 83-year-old woman fell down a ravine in Cornwall, England, it was her cat who helped rescuers find her.
The woman had been missing for over an hour, and concerned neighbors called emergency services, BBC News reports. Police went searching for her, but it was a member of the public who heard a meowing cat and located her.
A passerby heard the cat, Piran, meowing loudly, which alerted them to the woman. Rescuers then saw the woman had fallen 70 feet into a stream, "with incredibly difficult access and uneven terrain," according to BCC News.
Rescuers lifted the woman up the ravine on a stretcher and flew her to a hospital in an air ambulance. She is in stable condition.
An eyewitness said the key to finding the woman was Piran's "quite persistent" meowing at the top of the ravine. "It's a massive 'well done' to all the emergency services who worked together and to Piran," the unnamed witness said. "The outcome could have been a lot worse."
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Ahhhhhh
Now if only a dog’s barking can help find President what’s his name.
Cute moggy.
They all are and much smarter and than some think. Just stubborn and independent.
Mine would do the same.. (as soon as she got hungry)
I hope someone gave Piran a cat treat.
https://www.sciencealert.com/cats-prefer-meals-that-require-the-least-amount-of-effort
Unlike numerous other animals, cats show a strange unwillingness to work for their food.
When given the choice between a freely available meal and a meal trapped inside a puzzle, scientists have found most animals, such as dogs, bears, pigeons, pigs, goats, mice, rats, monkeys and other primates, prefer to work for their food - a concept known as contrafreeloading.
Cats stand out amongst other animals in that they seem to favor an easy meal
The results add weight to the findings from a small lab study, conducted in 1971, which first revealed a lack of contrafreeloading among cats.
In this historic experiment, six domesticated cats were trained to operate a food dispenser. They were then given the choice between the food puzzle and a free bowl of kibble in a laboratory setting.
Unlike every other animal that had been tested in similar ways, the cats in these experiments showed a clear preference for the free meal.
The cat probably pushed her.
I see a lot of treats in her future.
In Jakarta, we have far too many cats everywhere, so it would seem that we would not have many rats. However, the rats marginally outnumber the cats, as the cats prefer to eat off the rubbish heaps, while the rats content themselves by eating from my larder and my table. Only the snakes (mainly cobras) do somewhat keep the rats in check, but they make lousy pets.
“Woof! Woof!”
“What is it Lassie? Grandma has fallen into a ravine?!? Show us where she is, Lassie!”
“Woof! Woof!”
“Good girl! You saved the day!”
I heard only about 25% of cats will actually go after rats.
I'm waiting for him to execute the replacement chippie...
ANYONE who says that a cat cannot be your best friend, has not been around enough cats! I know this for a fact!
that is horse-hockey! If it moves, it dies. The one exception I’ve seen is a “road-runner”. They eventually realize that they can’t catch it and get bored with the chase.
I love cats!
Humans would be right there with the kitties.
That was my guess.
Kitty pushed Grandma, then eventually called for help either because she either got hungry or because she wanted to push Grandma again.
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