Rescuers spent 12 hours trying to free a cat... only to discover it was this squeaky toy
Posted on 11/30/2011 8:27:17 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
RESCUERS spent 12 hours trying to save a “pregnant cat” from a clothes recycling bin – only to discover it was a squeaky toy.
The alarm was raised on Monday evening when a woman heard a miaow sound coming from the recycling bins in Moelfre, Anglesey.
With a heavily pregnant cat Puss-Puss missing in the village people raced down to the clothes bin to free the animal which continued to miaow.
But the locks had been tampered with and they were unable to free the “cat” despite trying until 11pm at night with a grinder and calling in the fire service, the RSPCA and bin operators Tyddyn Môn.
They returned to the site in Lligwy Road yesterday morning and put food into the bin.
With concerns for the pregnant cat growing the bin was transported 18 miles to specialist engineering firm K Owen in Llanrhyddlad.
Using a steel saw engineers were eventually able to cut their way into the bin at around 2pm yesterday.
Owner Kelvin Owen said: “Once we got into the bin we heard the miaow 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, miaow, miaow, mystery solved! The lads were in stitches, it was such a laugh.”
Jasmine Hazelhurst, from Anglesey Pets – part of the Free to a Good Home Anglesey site – said: “I did feel embarrassed when they pulled out the stuffed cat.
“But I am also proud at the way everyone rallied around to save the ‘cat’.
“Local people and Tyddyn Môn 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. Anyone with information should contact the Facebook site of Freetoagoodhome Anglesey.
Rescuers spent 12 hours trying to free a cat... only to discover it was this squeaky toy
ping
Man, I’ve got to make my front door out of whatever that clothes bin was made out of.
Where did this happen? Wales?
I know which direction I'd rather screw up.
Besides, bunker drills are good training.
/johnny
Must be. I tried to read this story aloud and was totally flummoxed by the place names.
Must be. I tried to read this story aloud and was totally flummoxed by the place names.
As soon as you go to the website it says it's filed under North Wales News
I hear Wales is the welfare state of the welfare state of the UK
lol. thanks. I guess someone had to “go there”
some stupid place where they say “miaow”!
Funny story, but this is exactly the kind of thing the wonderful, heroic, slightly nuts British people do.
And no, I don’t want to hear any nonsense about Leftists and the Muzzes. The good country people of England aren’t like that; they are as conservative as we are.
lol.
In Japan they apparently say “Nyah” or something.
Here they usually just give you the evil eye until you give them what they want.
Well, it wuz rezqueued, wuzn’t it?
It’s Niao in Japan (long i, short a, uu sound for the o) :)
I’m sure that the actual cat was hiding nearby, shaking with laughter.
12 hours to open the recycling bin? How do they normally get things out of it?
Was the squeak toy ok?
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