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Cat saves Houston-area woman from pit bull attack
WFAA ^

Posted on 06/03/2010 7:57:28 AM PDT by Chet 99

PEARLAND, Texas – A Houston-area woman is recovering after two large pit bulls attacked her outside her home, police said.

Cherry Woods, 39, claims her cat, Lima, saved her from the dogs by scratching and hissing at the animals. According to the Pearland police report, the attack happened May 21 just before 8 a.m.

Woods claims she was walking back to her home in the 2300 block of Short Springs Court in Pearland when she saw the dogs from a distance. When they started charging towards her, she tried to fight them off, but they knocked her down several times.

Her husband, Harold Woods, said he was inside the home when he heard her screams. He unsuccessfully tried to separate the dogs from his wife, he said.

That’s when the couple’s cat, Lima, jumped into the fray. According to Woods, the feline clawed and hissed at the dogs and distracted them.

"Our cat came out of the bushes and scratched one of the dogs, and started hissing at it," he said. "They both turned their attention to the cat. I was able to grab my wife and pull her inside the house."

This was out of character for Lima.

"She’s the most reclusive, timid animal I’ve ever seen," Harold Woods said.

But not on that day.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cat; catsrule; dog; kittyping; rdo
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To: martin_fierro

LOL, exactly!


61 posted on 06/03/2010 8:19:34 PM PDT by jocon307 (It's the spending, stupid.)
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To: martin_fierro

Thanks for the laugh!


62 posted on 06/04/2010 8:26:34 AM PDT by Sunshine Sister
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To: Chet 99
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63 posted on 06/04/2010 11:30:12 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ("The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants"-Albert Camus)
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To: Chet 99

GOOD KITTY! If she were my cat she would get unlimited tuna and daily combings and massages. And free reign on my kitchen counter tops.


64 posted on 06/04/2010 3:27:55 PM PDT by LiberConservative
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To: HighlyOpinionated
...The dogs who attacked this woman obviously were not socialized or trained ...

Most (better than 90%) of all pit bull owners are too ignorant and stupid to know this. They think "I have a pit bull. I have a dog that could murder children. Mess with me. I double dog dare ya'."

65 posted on 06/04/2010 3:34:50 PM PDT by LiberConservative
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