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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 11:39 PM Jun 2015

Cat Wins 'Hero Dog' Award

Source: NPR

Tara, a tabby from Bakersfield, Calif., has won an honor that so routinely goes to that other kind of pet, it's known as the Hero Dog award. This time, the Society for The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles had to scratch out "dog," and etch "cat" on the trophy instead.

Who can forget Tara swinging into action in a viral video from home security cameras last year?

The dog from next door had crept up on Tara's owner 4-year-old Jeremy Triantafilo as he played on his bike in the driveway. The intruder clamped his teeth into Jeremy's leg and began to drag him. Tara dashed to the rescue, body-slammed the dog, and chased him off the scene.

Jeremy needed eight stitches in his leg, and says of Tara, "She is my hero."



Read more: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/19/415878758/cat-wins-hero-dog-award

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Cat Wins 'Hero Dog' Award (Original Post) Little Tich Jun 2015 OP
LOL. TexasTowelie Jun 2015 #1
That's OK. Next time you will beat me to it. Little Tich Jun 2015 #2
Sweet!! oldandhappy Jun 2015 #3
Not just one smart, brave kitteh but also absolutely gorgeous. snagglepuss Jun 2015 #4
Go pretty kitty!!!!! 840high Jun 2015 #5
A well deserved award! SoapBox Jun 2015 #6
Wonderful addition to the family's award shelf ... DakotaLady Jun 2015 #7
Kitteh! TwilightGardener Jun 2015 #8
Kitty! AgingAmerican Jun 2015 #9
Watch Tara launch into the heroic feline fight to save her hoomin. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #10
Well deserved honor Aerows Jun 2015 #11
Don't mess with a pissed off cat. nt awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #12
I hesitated to mention this Aerows Jun 2015 #13
Great kitty you've got there. Duppers Jun 2015 #14
And Tara says: brer cat Jun 2015 #15
Yep! "Meh. Needs catnip." calimary Jun 2015 #16

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)
4. Not just one smart, brave kitteh but also absolutely gorgeous.
Sat Jun 20, 2015, 12:19 AM
Jun 2015

What a good pussy-cat. Thanks for posting.

DakotaLady

(246 posts)
7. Wonderful addition to the family's award shelf ...
Sat Jun 20, 2015, 01:12 AM
Jun 2015

Tara and her humans can so be proud of her heroism.

Love these kinds of threads. Thank you for posting.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
13. I hesitated to mention this
Sat Jun 20, 2015, 01:52 AM
Jun 2015

because of the obvious teasing, but my girl literally pounced on a raccoon, and it squealed as it ran off.

I haven't had trouble with them anymore. I was terrified for her, but she went in with all 4 sets of claws going with teeth. It screamed in fear and ran. She was tail lashing, angry as could be. I have new respect for a pissed off cat. She looked like she was prepared to take on a dinosaur in my defense (because of course, I freaked).

calimary

(81,110 posts)
16. Yep! "Meh. Needs catnip."
Sun Jun 21, 2015, 11:56 AM
Jun 2015

Tara will be nonchalant about it. After all, it isn't a cat toy either.

LOVE THOSE KITTEHS!!!!

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