Shocking conclusion to cat tale

Denver Pest ^ | 11-27-05 | Rich Tosches

[dynachrome]

"I turn off the street and come into the driveway and there's a dead house cat," the

cattleman and lifelong Montanan said, peering down his long driveway.

[dynachrome]

Poor cats! A tragic story.

[A.Hun]

A cat zot story!

[dynachrome]

Ha! You are right. I didn't think of that.

[Cicero]

Unusual. Makes you look both ways before getting out of your car in your own driveway.

[stm]

A shocking tail....(hey it was meant to be corny!)

I hate it when cats get killed. I have 4 running around my house.

[lesser_satan]

Make sure you look up, too, as you wouldn't want a smouldering mountain-lion carcass landing on your head.

[Right Wing Assault]

These electrical lines are dangerous to animals. I think they should be taken down immediately. /sarc

[No Blue States]

"It was pretty plain once we saw it," Ross said. "The cat was on the top wire, the mountain lion on the bottom wire, and when the mountain lion grabbed the cat it completed the electrical circuit. I imagine they both died of heart attacks. That's what electricity does."

Wow, I bet that doesnt happen every day.

[TexasBarak]

He must live pretty far from other folks for this not to have been noticed- such things make a lot of noise. When I was a teenager, I was painting a fence when a squirrel jumped into a transformer over my head. There was quite a lout "ZOT!!!!" noise, followed a moment later by a small thump (the carcass hitting the ground). This was the one and only time I can recall my father running to see if I was hurt- I was only covered with paint, and possibly a bit bruised up, as I had tried to hit the ground *through* the fence I was painting.
A cougar getting fried must have made a huge sound!

[Tarantulas]

I do too because I have too.

There may not necessarily have been a loud sound. The article talks about "small burn marks." It could have been a small popping sound muffled by fur. I think I remember reading that it only takes 50 milliamps of current to send the heart into ventricular fibrillation - that wouldn't make a loud sound. But probably if anyone had been there with a defibrillator, they could have saved both animals.

[stm]

I'm sure the amperage that went through those animals was far in excess of that. And there is nothing that can be done in that case. It cooks the animal from within.

[PAR35]

But probably if anyone had been there with a defibrillator, they could have saved both animals.

Do you think we need taxpayer funded animal defib teams stationed every block, or would roving vehicle patrols be sufficient? Or should there be massive public training with each homeowner given a unit to use if necessary?

[Captain Rhino]

A cautionary tale for reckless young mountain lions everywhere...

[B4Ranch]

ROTFLMBO!

[dynachrome]

Yup, where was PETA?