As you know, a dog is considered a man's best friend. I wonder why not a cat? Maybe because cats are afraid of water and because of this they cannot save a drowning person like dogs? But these cute creatures, no worse than dogs, know how to be loyal and love their owners. And sometimes they even save their lives …
Fresh pigeons for the prisoner
At the end of the 15th century, the Scotsman Henry Wyatt went to prison. The conditions in the cell were disgusting, as was the food he was fed. Fortunately, a friendly cat began to visit Henry, apparently not wanting her new owner to become very emaciated. To help him, over and over again she brought caught pigeons into the cell.
Every day the cat brought caught pigeons to Henry Wyatt's cell, feeding him.
Wyatt was able to negotiate with the prison chef, and he began to cook these pigeons for the prisoner. The cat who visited him, he gave the nickname "accator" (literal translation - "food supplier"). Every day the animal gave him warmth, pleasant company and fresh pigeon meat. When Henry Wyatt was released from prison, he certainly did not forget about the cat that had been caring for him for several years and took her to his home.
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A touching story of Masha the cat who saved a baby thrown in the cold
In early 2015, a stray cat Masha, walking through the streets of the Russian city of Obninsk, came across a box lying near an apartment building. Inside her, the animal saw a child. Masha immediately climbed into his box, tried to warm the baby with her warmth and began to meow loudly, calling out to others for help.
Masha in the middle of the night woke up several residents of the entrance with her meows. The first to go outside was a pensioner who lived on the 4th floor. The woman, hearing Masha, thought that someone was beating the cat, and rushed to her aid. It is difficult to describe her shock when she saw a lonely baby inside a cardboard box. It is good that the boy was in warm overalls, so being in the cold did not harm him.
This amazing act helped Masha become a world celebrity. This story was written all over the world.
A cat that sounded the alarm in a fire
On August 5, 2014, Australian Craig Gives woke up at 5:30 am due to the fact that Sally's domestic cat climbed onto his chest and meowed nonstop. Thinking that the animal just needs attention, Craig turned on his side and went to bed.
This beautiful cat saved its owner from a fire.
But Sally was not stopped by this indifference. She began to meow even louder, as if trying to shout: "Get up, the house is on fire!" Now Gives is completely awake. The man immediately smelled the acrid smell of burning coming from the next room. He took Sally in his arms and got out into the yard. Unfortunately, by the time the fire engine arrived, the house was completely burnt down.
Home pet smells gas
On October 19, 2007, a small black cat named Schnauzi managed to save Greg and Trudy Guy, who lived in a private house in Great Falls (Montana), from imminent death.
Schnauzi woke up the owners in the middle of the night, smelling gas.
At about 2 o'clock in the morning, she jumped on the spouses' bed, after which she began to beat the hostess with her paw on the nose. Thinking that the cat just wants to play, Trudy Guy first tried to ignore it until she noticed that the animal hiss strangely.
Trudy immediately woke Greg up. The man heard a hissing sound coming from the kitchen. If the cat hadn't started waking the owners, the whole house would most likely have exploded due to a gas leak from a faulty pipe.
Old cat Tom discovered a serious illness in the owner
British Sue Mackenzie had an old cat named Tom. The animal was never particularly friendly and did not seem to love its owners much. But on July 19, 2014, Tom for some reason began to slap Mackenzie hard on the back of his neck, meowing anxiously at the same time.
If not for Tom, Sue would not have known that she was seriously ill.
A few days later, Sue will take the pet to the veterinary clinic. But the doctor told her that Tom was fine, and advised the woman to go to the hospital herself. According to him, such anxious behavior of the cat could indicate that Sue had serious health problems.
The woman decided to listen to the veterinarian and went to the clinic. During the examination, doctors found a small lump on her neck. Sue was diagnosed with Stage III Hodgkin's lymphoma. Fortunately, thanks to Tom, his mistress managed to cure the disease that threatened her life in time.
Charlie's cat saved the owner from certain death by waking her husband up
The Marsh-Armstrong couple had a beautiful kitty named Charlie. Susan and Kevin once picked her up on the street and decided to leave her at home.
The cat woke up Susan's husband when the woman passed out due to an episode of hypoglycemia.
Susan woke up one night and went to the bathroom. But on the way back, she suddenly lost consciousness and fell to the floor due to an attack of hypoglycemia. The cat, seeing this, rushed to the bed in which Kevin was sleeping. Charlie hit the man with a paw on the hand and licked his face with a rough tongue, parallel to the plaintive meow. Kevin first threw the cat out of bed, but Charlie did not give up and continued to desperately wake him up.
Kevin finally suspected that something was amiss. The man got out of bed and followed Charlie into the bathroom. He managed to bring his wife to life by injecting her with glycogen.
Tara - the protector of the child
On May 21, 2014, four-year-old Jeremy Triantafilo was admitted to the hospital with several dog bites. A boy was riding a small bike near his backyard in Bakersfield, California, when an angry dog jumped out from behind a car parked near a neighbor's house. He pounced on the boy, knocked him to the ground and bit him on the leg several times.
Fortunately, a cat named Tara immediately jumped to the dog. She scared away the fierce robber, forcing him to flee. Tara rushed after the villain and drove him away from the boy. A few seconds later, Jeremy's mom came running. Interestingly, this entire episode was recorded on surveillance cameras.
The cat that drove away two dogs from the owner
On May 3, 2010, American Cherry Woods, who lives in the city of Pearland, was returning home by her usual route after another working day. Suddenly, the woman was attacked by 2 stray dogs. Cherry's husband, Harold, heard his wife's screams and ran out into the street to drive off the dogs, but he failed.
Lima drove away from her mistress two angry dogs attacking her.
Suddenly, Cherry and Harold's cat named Lima jumped out of the bush. She ran to the dogs and hissed loudly. The dogs were distracted. The owners took advantage of the opportunity and managed to run inside the house.
It is not known what happened next, but after a few minutes Lima returned. The cat was safe and sound.
Cat vs python
In January 2013, Australian Tess Guthrie, who was sleeping in her house next to her 2-year-old daughter Zara, woke up at 3 a.m. due to the fact that her cat, the Duchess, began to hiss loudly. Tess turned on the flashlight on her mobile phone and stood up to see what worried her pet. The woman saw with horror that a huge python was wrapped around the baby's hand.
The cat Duchess saved the life of little Zara (on the left in the photo).
The snake managed to bite the girl three times before her mother was able to free her. Taking Zara in her arms, the woman ran to her father who lived in a nearby house and asked for help. The father called the special service, whose workers caught the python and released it into nature away from residential buildings.
The cat prevented the suicide of the American military
In July 2010, US Army Senior Sergeant Jess Noth rescued a small gray cat in Afghanistan. He decided to keep it for himself and, without thinking twice, gave the animal the nickname Cat. In December of that year, Noth began to experience severe depression after two of his friends were killed by suicide bombers. The seemingly ideal relationship with his beloved wife began to crumble.
Noth was in despair and decided to commit suicide. When he had already cocked the trigger, the Cat, apparently, sensed something was wrong. She jumped onto Jess's shoulder and began rubbing against the back of his head. Then the animal began to slap Nota in the face with its paw, as if trying to say: “Get these stupid thoughts out of your head! I am near and I love you very much."
A cat with the strange nickname "Cat" made the senior sergeant of the US Army refuse to commit suicide.
Jess is awake! He smiled and put the pistol aside. A few months later, the senior sergeant transported the Cat to the United States of America, where his parents happily adopted the animal. And in April Jess returned home himself.
People often consider cats to be too proud and wayward creatures, unlike dogs. But, as you can see, their difficult character does not prevent them from loving their masters. The cases of cats risking their lives to save them are truly amazing. There is no doubt that even people in many similar situations would prefer to stay aside and not try, for example, to drive angry dogs away from a woman.