Cat called 911 to help ill owner, police say

"Police aren't sure how else to explain it, but when an officer walked into an apartment Thursday night to answer a 911 call, an orange-and-tan striped cat was lying by a telephone on the living room floor. The cat's owner, Gary Rosheisen, was on the ground near his bed having fallen out of his wheelchair."

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I don't know about this. Not the calling the police thing, but owning a cat? Who does that? They're emotional takers, folks. And anyway, it sounds from the description like it was more likely to be a tiger.

Oh, happy new year too.