Horace, Lost Cat, Finds His Way Home After Three Weeks With Two Broken Legs The Huffington Post | By Laura Hibbard | 04/14/2012 5:57 pm After almost three weeks of being missing, 18-month-old Horace the orange tabby cat managed to find his way back home again with two broken legs, the East Anglian Daily Times reports. Thirty-eight-year-old owner and mother-of-three Kara Hayward told the paper she had almost given up hope of ever seeing their pet again. "I began to put posters up ... I had a few phone calls but they turned out to be somebody elses cats," Hayward told the East Anglian Daily Times. "I was watching a clip of Horace on my phone and it wasnt doing my health any good, I was worrying about him." Eighteen days after he had gone missing, however, Horace came hobbling through the family's door. Hayward told the paper they immediately took him to the animal hospital, where doctors were shocked at how long the cat had survived on his own in that condition. Eight more lives to go! Back in 2008 something eerie similar occured - after being missing for eleven days, Florida cat Giggle-Blizzard arrived home wincing on Thanksgiving with two broken legs, the Associated Press reports. After two operations, the kitty was issued a clean bill of health. After a tornado in May of 2011 separated an Alabama dog, Mason, from his owners, they were at a loss as to how to find him. That is, until he made his way home with two legs broken days later, WBRC TV reports. Since Mason's family lost their home in the storm and couldn't give him the recovery care he needed, they gave the pup to a local shelter in hopes that they would be eventually together again. see pic of Horace here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...his-way-home-after-three-weeks_n_1425983.html ...... Pets continue to amaze me in their unbelievable journeys home after weeks of being missing. After the Japanese tsunami occurred, a dog refused to leave his ill friend, another stray dog, until people came to carry him to a vet, and only then the dog went with the dog rescue team. Humans dont have that much loyalty to each other, but animals seem to have a better sense of life, and what matters than huimans do. My Norwegian forest cat, a blue-grey longhair, weighing 16 lbs. named Buddy, became a true bush cat after his owners left him behind when they moved, and we became friends when he would fly out of the bushes at me as I was returning home from work. Finally he made his way into my condo and now enjoys classical music by day, and always greets me at the door when I return from work. He is missing his ballz but that didnt stop him from humping my pet stuffed teddybear, and he hates my boyfriend who comes in for occasional sleep-overs. He guards me from my boyfriend, and follows him all over the condo, into the bathroom, taking showers, and will not eat anything my boyfriend puts down for him., and if my boyfriend moves to pet him, he will attack. You hardly ever see humans that are that loyal, and animals have that sense of trust that is hard to beat. But it still is a little jarring to wake up at night and see a cat not two inches from your face just STARING at you; but I think that my reaction is just another innate distrust by humans concerning animals.
Well, you finally post something we can both agree on! Amazing animals....In fact, I'll even give you a rep for your affection for animals and a good thread...... I've been an animal lover since I was adopted at age 10 and became a country kid, having had my own horse, dogs, cats, bunnies - I had my fur babies. I've seen pix of Norwegian Forest cats and they are beautiful... someday I'll get me one and also a Maine Coon.... the last cat I had named Moxy - my guy named him that b/c he was full of it - was a Cymric black Manx and he gave me 14 yrs of laughter and funny memories. He had a crazy personality.... and smart! One time he got mad at me b/c I said 'NO' to him - he stamped into the kitchen and knocked all my magnets off the frig door. I couldn't get mad at him. All I could do was look at him while he stared up at me w/that defiant look on his face and ask him"Why? Why would you think of magnets to get even w/me?" Animals are very smart. So many peoples lives have been saved b/c of dogs and some cases, even cats...... and they have instincts that I wish God had put into people..... and of course, their loyalty has no boundaries. If they love you, they love you........ to bad more people aren't like that.
Lol at the fridge magnet incident. It is a mystery why they love humans so much. Agent's cat no doubt could continue to live wild if it so chose. It's not like they "need" us. You'd think cats in particular would prefer to be with other cats. There again, what do I know about how wild cats live. Lions live in packs, but other big cats don't.
Cats love us b/c we love them and we spoil them.... cats & dogs are amazing and very intelligent creatures... I've always disliked it when I'd hear someone say animals are 'dumb'.......
I know. Dogs are almost psychic and have a different relationship and behaviours particular to every individual. We were raised with big dogs (labs) in the house and my Dad was a bit of an authoritarian, the dogs were very well trained and not spoiled. I used to secretly mock people who had little dogs and who spoiled them with special foods etc. Our current dog is a collie/german shepherd mutt, so not very small but quite small and not a cutesy looking dog but he has trained me to give him a few slices of cooked meat every single morning before he goes out. I buy special meat and fish that he likes. It's outrageous. I don't know how it happened. I was watching something last week, it is already proven dogs detect illness and emotional upset in the owner and try to comfort and support them, but they are now shown to detect these things in strangers and try to comfort them also. This is the "give me some cold meat" face. He doesn't like having his pic taken.
Viv, I thought perhaps you might find these brief articles of interest... http://www.globalanimal.org/2012/05/02/dogs-sniff-out-cancer/73224/ http://trialx.com/curetalk/2011/08/groundbreaking-early-detection-lung-cancer-sniffer-dogs/ I remember reading a few years ago, where dogs were being trained and used in the detection of melanoma. Amazing/fascinating. Regards
Love your dog and he looks like he's well cared for. After I got married, my husband went out and got a German Shepherd for me - about 3 months b/f I had a terrifying experience w/a guy breaking into my apt in middle of nite and had a hard time being alone at nitetime and husband sometimes had to work. Well, Queenie was the answer. She really gave me pace of mind and one terrific watchdog.... no one came into our yard if she didn't know them. When kids came, she was very protective of them. GS's are aggressive and there were some who turned on a family member, but she never even growled at any of us.... A couple yrs ago I watched this program about dogs & people who had cancer & those who didn't... the dog detected every person w/cancer.... they are also trained to be guide dogs for those who have seizures and they can sense when a seizure is going to happen and pull that person into a safe area b/f it hits them..... They're trained and excell in so many things to help us - cadaver dogs, search & rescue, service for the disabled & blind, etc etc etc... and the dummies call them 'dumb animals'....
Yeah, I would not go that far. Our capacity of understanding is far beyond an animal's. Sure, animals are great and fairly sharp, but to say humans are not loyal to each other shows a lack of familiarity with human relationships.
Many humans definitely are loyal to others, but then many are not, altho there's the pretense they are or in some cases, the loyalty is just temporary as long as things go well for them - whereas a dog's loyalty is an absolute thing.... a dog can't be swayed, bribed, bought off like some people.......
Kind of like when animals turn on their owners because, after all, they are just animals that act on instinct? I think it gets a little scary when people start valuing relationships with animals over their human peers. A dog's loyalty is not absolute and they most certainly are swayed, much more easily than humans. Ever hold a dog treat to get it to walk over to you? Ever adopt a previously owned animal that is now loyal to you?
