Posted on 12/27/2008 4:38:45 PM PST by DogByte6RER
MISIONES, Argentina, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Argentine police say a destitute 1-year-old boy was kept alive by a colony of stray cats who shared food scraps and kept him warm in the city of Misiones.
The boy, who had been missing for several days, was found by Police Officer Lorean Lindgvist, The Daily Telegraph reported Saturday
"The boy was lying at the bottom of a gutter. There were all these cats on top of him licking him because he was really dirty," Lindgvist said. "When I walked over they became really protective and spat at me. They were keeping the boy warm while he slept."
Lindgvist said she noticed scraps of food near the boy and surmised "the cats knew he was fragile and needed protecting," the Telegraph reported, noting doctors said the warmth of the cats saved the boy during freezing nights that could have killed him.
The boy's father, who is homeless, said his son vanished several days ago and that cats had always been protective of the boy, Lindgvist said.
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LOL...well, she was kind of the town whore until we got her fixed. After that, the following kinda fell off.
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I’ve never seen as many cats in one place as I have in Buenos Aires, especially in some of the parks.
If you love animals DO NOT travel outside North America. The starving, injured, deseased, homeless dogs and cats staggering around most of the world’s street will make you cry.
We have four cats. Kirby will be 14 in 2009. Stinky will be 12. Jasmine will be 10. Sambo will be 7. I HATE DOGS! One bit me when I was a kid. He was on OUR porch and I was walking toward OUR door and he jumped up and bit me. I HATE DOGS!
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