Have cats ever done anything like this?
My thougths exactly. There are no Police cats, bomb&drug sniffing cats, or cats to assist the blind. I wonder why that is.
There used to be a program on Animal Planet hosted by Alan Thicke called Animal Heros -- or something like that. I remember a cat that saved her family from fire by waking up the owner, although no cat of mine has ever showed such character!
***Have cats ever done anything like this?***
My little kitty rescued members of our family on several occasions, the most memorable of which was when my husband got cornered in our fenced-in yard by a dog the size of a small horse. The little, faithful cat hissed at the dog and aimed straight at him. She chased the dog all over the yard, and finally out of it. We had her for twenty years and I will always miss her. (She had a great sense of humor, too.)