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-Short Attention Span Theater-

Vicious pet cat traps US couple, who call police

2014-03-11

[NZHERALD.CO.NZ] Portland police had to be called in to subdue a 22-pound (10-kilogram) house cat that trapped its owners inside their bedroom after attacking their baby.

The baby was not injured in the Sunday incident.

Sgt. Pete Simpson, a Portland Police Bureau front man, said officers responded to an emergency call that evening from a couple who had locked themselves in their bedroom with the baby and their dog after the cat attacked the child.

Simpson said the operator could hear the cat screeching in the background as the couple awaited help.

Officers used a dog snare to capture the cat and placed it in a crate.

Simpson said the owners told the dispatcher the cat has a history of violence. He said the cat remained with its owners.

Posted by:Fred

#7 Supposedly the cat scratched the baby, who was probably pulling it's tail. The story said the father then KICKED the cat which is when it went 'crazy'.

So yeah, I figure they don't exactly treat this cat well.

Posted by: Silentbrick 2014-03-11 18:53

#6 First snapping turtles. Now cats!

Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-03-11 17:01

#5 "the cat has a history of violence" "the cat remained with its owners"

So they're officialy NUTS. They were crazy to keep any animal with a "history of violence" in their home with a baby. After this attack, they were even more crazy to let the cat back in the home.

And I say that as one who loves (o the point of driving people nuts) cats.

Cat vs. baby - not even a second's hesitation which one I'd choose (and I've never had children).

Posted by: Barbara 2014-03-11 16:14

#4 For comparison, I have a 25lb-er. Fangs are over 1.5 inches and front claws 3/4". Combine that with a fighting frenzy and you damn well lock yourself in the bedroom... and break out the hardware....

Posted by: Chuth Angineng4545 2014-03-11 14:57

#3 I told them repeatedly that I wanted "MEOW MIX". (Cats call for it by name) Meow, Meow, MEOW !

They tormented me by serving up Tender Vittles, I ain't tender, just look at me, do I LOOK tender ?

Posted by: Black Bart Unusosing5647 2014-03-11 12:18

#2 A 22 pound cat is nothing to sneeze at. I've picked up a five pound feral mother cat to put it in a cage while wearing welder's gloves. I had to go in for a tetanus shot because it bit through them several times.

Posted by: gorb 2014-03-11 11:02

#1 It's hard to imagine that a man and his family living in an apartment on the other side of the tracks from the train station find themselves pinned down by a big bad fluffy housecat.
In real world, you take out house cat.
In Soviet Portland, house cat takes out you.

Posted by: Spavish Angealet2442 2014-03-11 04:57

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