Cat predicts 50 deaths in RI nursing home

Telegraph ^ | February 1, 2010 | Tom Leonard

[ScottinVA]

In a lot of these cases, the residents do die alone because either the family can't get there in time or they don't care. Very sad.

So long as I can avoid it, no member of my family will spend their last years in a nursing home. I realize sometimes it's unavoidable, but I am no fan of that arrangement.

[GraceG]

Wouldn’t surprise me as a cats sense of smell is better than a human’s and they can smell death, part of the scavenging instinct....

[ScottinVA]

Burn it at the steak!!!

Steak?? Don't forget the A-1!

[montag813]

They should bring the cat to Murtha’s ICU and report on its activities.

[Lancey Howard]

Close friends get to call him “TC”.

[Rockingham]

I seem to recall an instance in which such a death predicting cat was killed by a nursing home resident.

[The Comedian]

May this cat visit Jack Murtha, pronto.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Tijeras_Slim]

That was a satire article, Oscar is alive and well.

[GraceG]

>> Burn it at the steak!!!

Steak?? Don’t forget the A-1! <<

Mmmm, Kitty steaks!!! Yummy yum yum!

[ZX12R]

[manic4organic]

Totally tasteless. LMAO.

[Constitution Day]

LOL! Much better!

[firebrand]

There are dogs that can be trained to pick up human scents that spell danger, so I’m not surprised. Sorry I don’t have more information on this. It was told to me by a girl in a wheelchair who had a metabolic disorder. Her little doggie, always with her wherever she went, had been trained to detect when she was in danger. Another case of mother having been told to abort, by the way.

[Biggirl]

Despite what one or two of the posts have said here, CATS ARE NOT EVIL! What I see here is that this cat, Oscar KNEW they folks needed a dear one, even if it is a pet, or in this case, him, to be by their side when they were passing. Sadly, not everyone has a human dear one, even one person, by their side when they are passing. At least with Oscar, they do not DIE ALONE.

[Biggirl]

Thanks for this posting SandA’s!:)=^..^=

[Semper911]

Bravo.

[BossLady]

[DYngbld]

A real Viking Kitty ping.

He can sense the terminal ZOT.

[dancusa]

I used to have a yellow tabby named Oscar, 1981-1994. Died of feline AIDS. He was very unsociable to strangers. Very friendly to me, 2nd best cat I ever had. Oslo, 1994-2009 was the friendliest and was the best.

[darkwing104]

Slings and Arrows takes care of Kittie pings. Not all of the VKs are cat lovers...