Cat survives 2 euthanasia attempts at Utah shelter

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WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) -- 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 (http://bit.ly/ylvSDw ). "Let's give it a chance to find a permanent home."


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[Ancalagon44]

I hope the attempts didnt cause any brain damage or anything?

 

[DaTT]

I have one little question....why would they check the bag that a presumably dead cat is in?

 

[T_Yamamoto]

What a blessing

 

[J-Money]

Well duh. Cats have 9 lives.

7 left.

 

[zanejohnson]

That's so awesome. 🙂

 

[Cuda1447]

Well duh. Cats have 9 lives.

7 left.

hahaah!

 

[LTC8K6]

I have one little question....why would they check the bag that a presumably dead cat is in?

Because of the prior experience of the cat being hard to kill?

 

[Texashiker]

So this is how the zombie invasion starts?

 

[waggy]

what the paper did not mention is that lightning was going on in the chamber and the cat yelled "there can be only one!"

 

[Anubis]

sure thats a cat and not a honey badger?

 

[Rage187]

They need to start using a match with the gas.

 

[natto fire]

I have one little question....why would they check the bag that a presumably dead cat is in?

They said it was in a plastic bag (transparent?) in a cooler. Maybe they went to grab one of those fake Utah beers from their cooler and saw the cat had puked on itself.

Seriously though, this is a really happy story.

9 lives ftw.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I hope the attempts didnt cause any brain damage or anything?

It's a cat, how much worse can it get 😉

live kitty live!

 

[JulesMaximus]

Jesus Cat!

 

[blackdogdeek]

clearly the cat is already undead.

 

[Possessed Freak]

Did a man named Schrödinger adopt it?

 

[Miramonti]

It's not easy to be a youth in asia.

 

[natto fire]

It's not easy to be a youth in asia.

If only this was a kitten and happened in Asia, you would have won the thread. Good pun all the same :thumbsup:

 

[purbeast0]

they should name the cat Church

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Was the cooler stored at some old Native American burial ground?

 

[amdhunter]

Would it be mentally retarded after that? (At least more retarded than the usual cats are?)

 

[Miramonti]

If only this was a kitten and happened in Asia, you would have won the thread. Good pun all the same :thumbsup:

Thank you, I have created a google alert for any new pet forum discussions in asia centering around end-of-life cat issues, and plan to really rock it next time. I just hope it translates well. 😛

 

[TechBoyJK]

"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

I'm thinking most animals really want to live.

 

[ichy]

People who don't get their pets fixed should be euthanized.