Posted on 01/17/2005 8:25:36 AM PST by Ellesu
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Here is proof that cats really have nine lives.
One cold morning while in the backyard of a Nebraska homeowner Ruth Bogenreif, a cat was taking a drink out of a heated bird bath. Something apparently startled the cat and she jumped, wet paws and all, onto a chain link fence.
In freezing temperatures, the cats small feet froze instantly to the metal.
"He was hanging with his paws froze to the fence. His head, the back of his neck, was in the water," said Bogenreif.
Using warm water, Bogenreif and her grandchildren freed the cat from the metal and then turned it over to the local shelter.
"She's not walking well on her right leg, we're assuming muscle paralysis at this point. Hopefully she'll be getting better as the swelling goes down," said Pam Wiese with the Humane Society.
THAT DIRTY, BEING-VERY-STILL-FOR-NOW, STEALTH, MASS-OF-HORROR MOLE WILL GO FOR YOUR THROAT. I JUST KNOW IT. Those TEETH will puncture ANY Carotid. Walk away backwards, SLOWLY.
You were supposed to include this:
Thank you so much!!!!!!
LOL. Thanks for the pic, Gondring. Pinky the cat IS the brain. He's coming for me.
hahaha...oops! I'm not suppose to laugh....
I hate it when I get deleted.
Yes I know it isn't the same. After they answered my question I was going to say how funny it would be if their own kid REALLY lost like half their tongue to an ice pole. FUNNY!!!
I can't believe the lack of empathy and heart in here by some people. Makes me sick.
You don't know that the cat in this story was an unwanted one. And the vet said that once the cat "thawed out" it would probably regain use of its legs. I think you need to lighten up.
Fri Jan 14, 8:44 AM ET
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A pit bull enthusiast who sold videos of dogfights and dogs attacking a pig became the first person on Thursday to be convicted under a federal law banning depictions of cruelty to animals, prosecutors said.
Robert Stevens, 64, of Pittsville, Virginia, was found guilty in a Pittsburgh court of selling three videos a jury decided violated the ban on depicting the intentional maiming, mutilation or torture of animals or any wounding or killing.
Under the law, signed by President Bill Clinton (news - web sites) in 1999, prosecutors must also prove such videos have no serious educational, historical or scientific value.
Stevens who runs a company called Dogs of Velvet and Steel, also sold "break sticks" and "spring poles," which are used to condition pit bulls for fighting. Dog fighting is illegal in all 50 states.
Stevens advertised the videos in an underground dog-fighting paper called the Sporting Dog Journal, which reports the results of illegal dog fights. He was caught by undercover law enforcement officials posing as customers.
"This dangerous and inhumane crime promotes violence and degrades our community," said Mary Beth Buchanan, U.S. attorney for Western Pennsylvania, in a statement after the verdict. "Justice has been done in a very serious case."
U.S. District Judge Alan Bloch also banned Stevens from owning, breeding, training or selling pit bulls or possessing any device used in dog fighting. The court rejected Stevens' argument that banning the videos denied his First Amendment rights of free speech.
Stevens faces up to 15 years in prison and a maximum fine of $750,000. His sentencing was set for April 21.
With a full bladder and a roll of duct tape, one is fully equipped to take dominion of this world.
You are comparing apples to oranges. What in sam hill does the story you just posted have to do with the cat frozen to the fence? I can answer that question--nothing. Absolutely nothing. I challenge you to find a connection. The cat frozen to the fence was not put there by humans trying to be cruel. It got there on its own. Big difference between that and the animal cruelty video story. It's called logic--look into it.
LOL
I must add "putting out inadvertantly set fires" to the list.
*click-report abuse*
OMG. How do I *report abuse* of a doctor-patient relationship?
"He was hanging with his paws froze to the fence. His head, the back of his neck, was in the water," said Bogenreif
In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled Cat Frozen To Fence Saved By Woman, Grandkids , dakine wrote:
hahaha....
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Ouch. Not funny.
Poor cat.
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