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British Cat Saves Lamb from Drowning
Sherry Morse
A lamb who escaped recently from his pasture in
England was saved from drowning in a swimming pool by an alert cat.
Puss Puss, a black and white cat, discovered the lamb's predicament and
frantically meowed, running back and forth between the pool and the garden where
her owners were working, to alert them to his plight.
Puss Puss's owners, gardeners Adrian Bunton and Karen Lewis, had taken her along
with them to work at the garden of Cotswold District Council chairman Tim Royle
in Icomb, Cheltenham.
Jill Royle said, "She was in a very, very agitated state, meowing and calling
and crying and being an utter pest and dashing back and forward between them and
the pool."
"They found the lamb in the swimming pool," Royle said. "They got it out and it
was OK."
When Bunton and Lewis found the lamb he was under the pool cover and his head
was entangled in the pool cover straps, which actually were keeping him from
drowning.
Bunton jumped into the pool to rescue the lamb while Lewis went to get help.
Puss Puss is "a real little superstar," said Lewis. The actions of the
quick-thinking feline are all the more remarkable because she is disabled.
"As a kitten she had an accident and had to have her tail amputated, " Lewis
explained. "She hasn't grown properly, has arthritis and can't curl up, jump or
climb like other normal cats."
Mrs. Royle wrote about the incident in the village newsletter and told readers,
"If you see a little black cat with no tail walking in Icomb, it will be gallant
Puss Puss, who deserves a medal."
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