Teh One Who Knocks
12-01-2011, 02:16 PM
Rescuers spent 12 hours trying to save what they thought was a trapped cat – only to find it was a squeaky toy.
Metro UK
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A passer-by heard meowing from inside a recycled clothes bin and thought a missing pregnant cat called Puss Puss was stuck inside.
Villagers tried to open the container but were unable to do so because its locks had been tampered with.
Firefighters and the RSPCA were then called but they also could not prise open the bin. So it was transported 28km (18 miles) to an engineering company.
Workers sliced through the metal container with steel-cutting equipment to reveal... a battery-operated toy cat.
Kelvin Owen, owner of the K Owen engineering company, said: ‘Once we got into the bin we heard the meow again.
‘It sounded just like a cat and we all started to carefully search the bags.Then I found a bag of toys and picked out a toy cat.
‘I said, “It couldn’t be this could it?”. It wasn’t making any noise and I asked if I could cut it open to investigate. As I held it, it went off meow, meow – mystery solved.’
Jasmine Hazelhurst, who helped with the ‘rescue’ in Moelfre, Anglesey, said: ‘I did feel embarrassed when they pulled out the stuffed cat.
‘But I am also proud at the way everyone rallied round to try to save the cat. Local people did so much to save the cat and it shows what community spirit there is.
‘We feared finding a dead cat in the clothes bank, so to find a stuffed toy was a relief.’
Puss Puss is still missing from her home in Moelfre. If you have any information about her whereabouts, go on to the Facebook page called Freetoagoodhome Anglesey.
Metro UK
http://i.imgur.com/MsxNK.jpg
A passer-by heard meowing from inside a recycled clothes bin and thought a missing pregnant cat called Puss Puss was stuck inside.
Villagers tried to open the container but were unable to do so because its locks had been tampered with.
Firefighters and the RSPCA were then called but they also could not prise open the bin. So it was transported 28km (18 miles) to an engineering company.
Workers sliced through the metal container with steel-cutting equipment to reveal... a battery-operated toy cat.
Kelvin Owen, owner of the K Owen engineering company, said: ‘Once we got into the bin we heard the meow again.
‘It sounded just like a cat and we all started to carefully search the bags.Then I found a bag of toys and picked out a toy cat.
‘I said, “It couldn’t be this could it?”. It wasn’t making any noise and I asked if I could cut it open to investigate. As I held it, it went off meow, meow – mystery solved.’
Jasmine Hazelhurst, who helped with the ‘rescue’ in Moelfre, Anglesey, said: ‘I did feel embarrassed when they pulled out the stuffed cat.
‘But I am also proud at the way everyone rallied round to try to save the cat. Local people did so much to save the cat and it shows what community spirit there is.
‘We feared finding a dead cat in the clothes bank, so to find a stuffed toy was a relief.’
Puss Puss is still missing from her home in Moelfre. If you have any information about her whereabouts, go on to the Facebook page called Freetoagoodhome Anglesey.