Again, God gets all the credit. This drives me crazy. I had to post it. Journalists shouldn't be allowed to print these "God is Great" promotion stories. The story itselft was interesting and I enjoyed it until at the very end, in the last sentence God was given the credit! I thought in Journalism there was a ethical standard for reporting? (the truth?!?) My father was a journalist and I do not think he ever printed a soppy miracle story like this. Were are the facts? Did God send down an angel to save this cat, did he do it himself? Were there any witnesses? No, a human being or two tracked this feral cat down and rescued it!
Here is the story
Cat Survives 19 Days With Jar Stuck On Head
Family Catches Cat With Fishing Net, Removes Object
BARTLETT, Tenn. -- Tabitha Cain has fed a feral cat she calls Wild Oats for several years, but now she's thinking of changing its name to Survivor.
That's because she said the cat survived for 19 days with a peanut butter jar stuck on its head.
"We tried to get her, but being the type of cat you can't catch, she kept running and hiding," said Doretha Cain, Tabitha's mother.
The family saw the cat several times and tried in vain to catch her. She disappeared for a week, and the Cains feared the worst.
"I thought she was going to die with that jar on her head," Tabitha Cain said.
They found the once chubby cat on Wednesday, too thin and weak to escape. They caught her with a fishing net and used some oil to get the jar off her head.
They gave her water and treated her wounds and on Friday she began to eat again.
"I've heard of cats having nine lives but I think this one has 19 because she survived 19 days," Doretha Cain said.
Dr. Gerald Blackburn, a veterinarian at Gentle Care Animal hospital in Memphis, said he's heard similar stories of pets getting trapped for days or even weeks at a time and surviving.
Blackburn said the cat may have lived off of its excess fat, but Doretha Cain had another explanation.
"God will take care of animals just like people because that cat is really a miracle," she said.
Sunday, December 02, 2007
God saves (some) stray cats
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