Boston cat survives 19-story plunge
Boston cat survives 19-story plunge
BOSTON (AP) — A veterinarian says acting like a flying squirrel may have saved a cat from serious injury in a 19-story plunge from a Boston high rise.
Sugar the cat had no broken bones or cuts, just some bruising on her lungs after the fall from a window owner Brittany Kirk had opened to enjoy the recent unseasonably warm weather.
The Animal Rescue League estimates Sugar fell between 150 and 200 feet.
Kirk said she thinks Sugar used up “one or two or maybe eight” of her nine lives.
Veterinarian Hugh Davis says in falls from high places, cats splay their legs in a “flying squirrel position” which slows their descent.
Kirk calls Sugar’s survival a “miracle” and says building management has since installed a screen in her window.
Kitten hitches ride over Golden Gate
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A stowaway kitten is safe despite taking an 85-mile ride in a van’s engine compartment that included a trip across San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.
A Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter spokesman says the 8-month-old female feline was probably just looking for a warm place to sleep.
The van’s road-tripping driver left from Marin County and spent the night in a Mill Valley parking lot before heading out Wednesday morning for Santa Cruz.
He didn’t stop until he reached a gas station in the beachfront city, where he heard a distinct meowing. He opened the hood and found the cat with a collar but no identification.