A rescue kitten named Merrick has become an unlikely hero to his adoptive Mom, Reeka, who lives with Type 1 Diabetes. Reeka Carnline wasn’t planning to adopt another cat. But when she saw Merrick on the Facebook page of one of Austin Pets Alive’s foster families, something told her she had to have him. Within […]
A family in Indianapolis are safe after an early morning house fire, thanks to their pet cat. The Indianapolis Fire Department were called to the 3400 block of Hovey just before 6:30 a.m. Wednesday morning and found the home’s furnace on fire. They were able to quickly extinguish the fire, which completely totaled the furnace
A Pottsville, Pennsylvania man and his three dogs are safe from a house fire – all thanks to the family cat! Jo Bottor, 57, was sleeping on a couch in the first-floor living room when his cat woke him up by pawing at him. That’s when he noticed a dog bed was on fire near
Strider, a black cat in Olympia, Washington, has earned himself a reputation for being fat and lazy and a bit of a pain in the rump, according to his humans Barb and Kerry Gansberg. They gifted the cat to their daughters ten years ago. While the Gansbergs seem a bit disinterested in their feline companion, they
When Glen Schallman adopted his 1-year-old cat, Blake in Fort Worth, Texas, he got much more than a pet. He got a friend that would eventually save his life! Check out this video from USA Today that explains it all: Schallman has a combination of two rare brain conditions – polymicrogyria and unilateral schizencephaly. Additionally, he has a
A Las Vegas family is alive today, thanks to the middle-of-the-night antics of their cat waking them up and alerting them to a fire in the garage. KTNV-TV in Las Vegas reports that a fire broke out at a home in the Summerlin community around 2 o’clock in the morning on Sunday. The husband and wife were asleep,
Christine Glover was sound asleep early Sunday morning when she awoke to her kitten, Milo, meowing and licking her face. That’s when she realized that the house she was renting with two other men was on fire. She got up and was able to get everyone awake and safely outside. One of the young men ran back inside to get the
