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Cat cheats gas chamber death TWICE at US rescue centre
By Mirror.co.uk 4/01/2012
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Andrea the cat (Pic:AP)
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A stray cat used up two of her nine lives after twice surviving a trip to a rescue centre gas chamber.
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The defiant moggy, named Andrea, was condemned to death in October when staff at the animal shelter in Utah were unable to find her a home after 30 days.
The abandoned animal was gassed but survived, so workers at the West Valley City rescue centre gassed her again.
Shelter officials detected no vital signs and presumed she was dead after the second try, so they put her in a plastic bag in a cooler.
But incredibly, when they checked the bag, they found Andrea had vomited and had hypothermia, but was alive.
Janita Coombs plays with her cat, Andrea (Pic:AP)
Andrea plays with her new owner Janita Coombs
The shelter took the extraordinary event as a sign and gave the persistent pussycat a chance to live.
West Valley City spokesman Aaron Crim told the Salt Lake Tribune: "It was just one of those things where they thought this cat obviously really wants to live.
"Let's give it a chance to find a permanent home."
The newspaper reported that the cat has since been adopted and shelter chiefs are investigating why the gassing failed.
"She's pretty tough, obviously," Janita Coombs, a volunteer with the Community Animal Welfare Society who agreed to take care of Andrea told The Tribune.
"She's definitely got some will to live."
andrea the cat , utah , west valley city animal rescue centre
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation...es-2-euthanasia-attempts-at-utah-shelter.html
Cat survives 2 euthanasia attempts at Utah shelter
January 3, 2012 10:12PM
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Janita Coombs plays with her cat, Andrea, at her Syracuse, Utah home, on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. | AP
Updated: January 4, 2012 2:13AM
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — A stray cat that survived two trips to a Utah animal shelter’s gas chamber now has a new home.
Officials at West Valley City’s animal shelter in Utah say the cat named Andrea hadn’t been adopted for 30 days when shelter officials tried to put her to death in October. She survived, so they gassed her again.
Shelter officials detected no vital signs and presumed she was dead after the second try, so they put her in a plastic bag in a cooler. But when they checked the bag, they saw she had vomited on herself and had hypothermia but was alive.
The shelter then decided to stop trying to kill her.
“It was just one of those things where they thought this cat obviously really wants to live,” West Valley City spokesman Aaron Crim told the Salt Lake Tribune. “Let’s give it a chance to find a permanent home.”
AP
Cat cheats gas chamber death TWICE at US rescue centre
By Mirror.co.uk 4/01/2012
Decrease font size Increase font size
Andrea the cat (Pic:AP)
Andrea the cat (Pic:AP)
A stray cat used up two of her nine lives after twice surviving a trip to a rescue centre gas chamber.
Advertisement >>
mputwoAdvertisement
The defiant moggy, named Andrea, was condemned to death in October when staff at the animal shelter in Utah were unable to find her a home after 30 days.
The abandoned animal was gassed but survived, so workers at the West Valley City rescue centre gassed her again.
Shelter officials detected no vital signs and presumed she was dead after the second try, so they put her in a plastic bag in a cooler.
But incredibly, when they checked the bag, they found Andrea had vomited and had hypothermia, but was alive.
Janita Coombs plays with her cat, Andrea (Pic:AP)
Andrea plays with her new owner Janita Coombs
The shelter took the extraordinary event as a sign and gave the persistent pussycat a chance to live.
West Valley City spokesman Aaron Crim told the Salt Lake Tribune: "It was just one of those things where they thought this cat obviously really wants to live.
"Let's give it a chance to find a permanent home."
The newspaper reported that the cat has since been adopted and shelter chiefs are investigating why the gassing failed.
"She's pretty tough, obviously," Janita Coombs, a volunteer with the Community Animal Welfare Society who agreed to take care of Andrea told The Tribune.
"She's definitely got some will to live."
andrea the cat , utah , west valley city animal rescue centre
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation...es-2-euthanasia-attempts-at-utah-shelter.html
Cat survives 2 euthanasia attempts at Utah shelter
January 3, 2012 10:12PM
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Janita Coombs plays with her cat, Andrea, at her Syracuse, Utah home, on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. | AP
Updated: January 4, 2012 2:13AM
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — A stray cat that survived two trips to a Utah animal shelter’s gas chamber now has a new home.
Officials at West Valley City’s animal shelter in Utah say the cat named Andrea hadn’t been adopted for 30 days when shelter officials tried to put her to death in October. She survived, so they gassed her again.
Shelter officials detected no vital signs and presumed she was dead after the second try, so they put her in a plastic bag in a cooler. But when they checked the bag, they saw she had vomited on herself and had hypothermia but was alive.
The shelter then decided to stop trying to kill her.
“It was just one of those things where they thought this cat obviously really wants to live,” West Valley City spokesman Aaron Crim told the Salt Lake Tribune. “Let’s give it a chance to find a permanent home.”
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