Rescue of Cocaine cat
As a policeman you have to be ready for anything. Traffic stops are the greatest source of arrests for drunks, drugs and stolen merchandise. So a well-meaning officer from near Cincinnati pulled over a driver who seemed to be having trouble concentrating on the road around him. In the process of the stop the officer opened the car door to let the driver get out. When he did, a big cat jumped from the back seat and scampered over to a nearby tree and climbed it to look down on the action. After the officer had taken care of the prisoner, Hamilton County dog warden deputies were called to sightings of a “leopard” in a tree in Oakley. Cincinnati Animal CARE got called in to get the cat out of the tree. Authorities initially described the 40 pound cat as a leopard. “They weren’t sure what they were dealing with,” Anderson of CARE said. “Hindsight being 20/20, it probably would have involved a whole lot more people.”
“[They weren’t] sure what they were dealing with in Hindsight being 20/20, it probably would have involved a whole lot more people.” The cat or the leopard was a serval named Amiry. Servals can grow to three times the size of a normal cat, weighing in at 20-40 lbs. They can also jump 7 feet in the air. Anderson says this serval was 30-35 lbs. and was “not ready” to be removed from the tree. It was a minor league battle to get the African agent from the Cincinnati tree. “In the process of getting the Serval out of the tree …that didn’t want to get out of the tree our officers were working really hard to make sure they didn’t lose the cat in the process … Oops, a leg was broken in the process,” Anderson said.
The animal pro’s got the cat down and took it to their hospital facility. Servals are known for having the largest ears of any cat, using them to detect movements in the grass like fleshy radar dishes. Servals are illegal in Ohio. That wasn’t the only shocking revelation of the day: Drug tests showed Amiry had cocaine in his system. “Toxicology came back the animal was positive for narcotics.” Amiry has been transferred to the Cincinnati Zoo while an investigation continues.
Meanwhile in the clip below another miniature battel was played out:
Animal antics
HR: “What would be your main strength?”
Applicant: “Well, I can communicate with animals…”
HR: “Wow, impressive. Any weaknesses?”
Applicant: “They can’t understand me.”
I am totally against scientists doing testing on poor, innocent animals:
Let them practice on journalists and politicians.
A herd of cows broke into a Colorado weed farm.
Police and animal control are on scene and the steaks are high.
Dolphins are highly intelligent animals. American scientists proved that after only a brief time in captivity, they are able to train humans to stand at the edge of the pool and toss them bits of fish.
January 22nd Birthdays
2002 – Miranda McKeon, 1960 – Linda Blair, 1982 – Beverly Mitchell, 1965 – Diane Lane
1971 – Matt Iseman, 1968 – Guy Fieri, 1973 – Gabriel Macht, 1987 – Ray Rice