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Sophisticated methods for rescuing animals!

Postby Maeya » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:41 pm

This article cracked me up and I thought I'd share so people could either get a good laugh or post the "no funny detected" that they so love to post :)


http://www6.comcast.net/news/articles/o ... hters.Cat/

Cat Pulls a Fast One on Firefighters
14 hours ago

MIAMI — It was the stereotypical firefighters-try-to-rescue-cat story, but with a twist. Firefighters from the South Florida city of Weston spent a sopping hour in pouring rain Tuesday trying to extract a kitten squeezed in the undercarriage of a stranger's Volvo.

The crew tried jacking up the car and taking off a wheel, all for naught. The feline ducked out of reach at each attempt to grab it.

At some point, the cat escaped undetected, prompting the crew to spend another hour peering in bushes and scouring a Walgreens parking lot.

They finally gave up and headed back to the station, answering at least two more calls on their way.

Five hours after the saga began, the elusive cat reappeared: At the station, in their fire truck's rear wheel well.

This time, firefighters used chunks of meatloaf to try luring it out. It was unenticed, so the crew resorted to an ultimately successful three-pronged strategy: One firefighter poked the feline in the backside with a Slim Jim, another used a hose to force it into an open compartment so a third person could pull it out.

The feline was dirty but unharmed.



:rofl: The part about poking it in the butt with a Slim Jim killed me. I had tears from laughing so hard. :rofl:
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Re: Sophisticated methods for rescuing animals!

Postby Maeya » Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:35 pm

Woah, found another neato thing and I don't want to muck up the board with a million posts so I'll just add it here, even though it's completely unrelated.


Go swimming on the edge of a waterfall!

This is Victoria Falls, which is the falls they are talking about:

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Nuts! :eyecrazy: No way would I be brave enough for something like that, but it does look exhilarating.
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Re: Sophisticated methods for rescuing animals!

Postby Martrae » Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:04 pm

I read the cat story last night and it cracked me up. :)
Inside each person lives two wolves. One is loyal, kind, respectful, humble and open to the mystery of life. The other is greedy, jealous, hateful, afraid and blind to the wonders of life. They are in battle for your spirit. The one who wins is the one you feed.
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Re: Sophisticated methods for rescuing animals!

Postby Kramer » Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:54 pm

if that were my neighborhood as a kid, they would have grabbed 5 of my friends and they would have shot that damn cat with their bb guns till it was motivated enough to free itself....
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