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Cat called 911 to help ill owner, police say

usatoday.com — "Police aren't sure how else to explain it, but when an officer walked into an apartment Thursday night to answer a 911 call, an orange-and-tan striped cat was lying by a telephone on the living room floor. The cat's owner, Gary Rosheisen, was on the ground near his bed having fallen out of his wheelchair."

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  • lostngone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This is just more proof that cats are extremely smart, however most of them just don't give an F whats going on around them.
  • hunsan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3What else could pets do if they can dial 911? Could they cook me eggs. I would love a cat that could cook me some eggs. Yum, Eggs.
  • dharm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2>ThisGeek said: "I mean, a cat using a phone?! Next it'll be dogs on skateboards....."

    http://www.skateboardingbulldog.com/
  • cryptocom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1the poster didn't categorize it as 'technology'....he categorized it as 'links'...which is exactly what it is...a link to a cool story. i can digg it. Digg.com isn't slashdot...it's not all about technology or programming related stuff. it's about stuff that's cool to alot of people. alot of people digg cats...and so do i.

    "cats sit in their own *****..."
    -wrong. they stoop to poop, and then they actually kick the kitty litter until it's all covered up. i'd say that's a pretty clean habit coming from an animal. some humans can't even flush a damn toilet after they use a publlic restroom. maybe they can learn from a cat.
  • ThisGeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Great digg.
    I mean, a cat using a phone?! Next it'll be dogs on skateboards.....
  • tintub, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Note that 911 was on speed dial, he kept the speakerphone on the floor, and he had trained the cat to do it, it wasn't like the cat had seen it on TV or something.
  • BBX25, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1We don't give housepets enough credit. >_>
  • facka, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1orange cat? --> garfield
  • clerk37, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ok suppossedly petting a cat will lower your blood pressure for all of you who were wondering about that.
    I'd like to train my cat to download new torrents for me.Not quite as important as 911 but way cooler a concept imho.
  • Dygear, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Stroking a cat lowers both the cat's blood pressure and your own. Assuming that your the one stroking the cat that is.
  • wormdragger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Cats can be trained.....We trained a cat to crap in the toilet and flush! So much for the cat in the sand theory!
  • NeoTechni, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"I'd like to train my cat to download new torrents for me"

    I laughed for like 5 minutes at that
  • Jack9, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0interesting. Dugg
  • gargamel51, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0>>It says 'his blood pressure' not 'its'.
    Believe it or not, cats have two sexes as well!

    >>Dude, are you seriously this stupid?
    Dude, I think he was making fun of the misplaced modifier.
  • ThisGeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Cripes!
  • Vladk1000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Why did he want to lower the cat's blood pressure?"

    It says 'his blood pressure' not 'its'.

    "And how the hell do you train a cat to dial 911?"

    '...buttons - including a speed dial for 911'
  • curitibagarrett, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0this just shows that our pets know when we are in danger and need help.
  • GhostFreeman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Kwuyn neko-kun ^_^;;

    or however it goes.
  • dj_sea2005, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0this is cool. i digg it purely because i love cats.

    cats are smart you know. they can tell when your upset and try to comfort you, i know my cat used to do that. but they dont show it because they are too busy being lazy.
  • dhakbar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0dharm: The Europeans didn't achieve conquest of the Americas without being the rattiest people on the planet. It's a good thing to expose ourselves to constant, mild disease.
  • link470, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0lol hilarius string of comments, dugg, oh ya, cool story too
  • NeilM, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Dugg, but this is also kind of lame. :-)
  • Digisurfer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"We don't give housepets enough credit."

    Indeed, though I would broaden the statement by saying that I do not think we give all animals on this wonderful blue planet enough credit.

    "i smell bull *****"

    Oh my, what HAVE you been rolling in? For all our sakes, please take a shower before coming to Digg.com, ok? Thanks. :-p
  • rompom7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Why did he want to lower the cat's blood pressure?"

    LOLOLOLOL.
  • SLIPSTR3AM, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0SHUT UP! Freakin' cats.. I bet it was just trying to order take-out.
  • MirandaJanell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Saw it on the news about 2 hours ago. Seeing it on dig got the exact same reaction. Sweet!
  • portis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0So Garfield dialed a phone...big deal....he probably wanted to order Chinese take out and thought 911 was the number for Mings down the street.
  • yoda715, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0No Digg, this is CNN stuff, not digg.com. Not a Technology related article at all!
  • alceria, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0>>Why did he want to lower the cat's blood pressure?

    Dude, are you seriously this stupid?

    >> And how the hell do you train a cat to dial 911?
    A lot of companion animals for the disabled are trained to do all kinds of crazy things.

    >> If you're that desparate, just get one of those first-alert thingies for old people.
    He had one, but he wasn't wearing it. Try reading the article.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Now you know who to blame when the wife notices all the calls to 1-976-WET-PUSSY on the phone bill.
  • abbott75, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0THIS made it to the homepage?!?
  • dharm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0i hate cats... they shed hair, sit in their own ***** (sandbox) and then walk over you and your own furniture after being in a sandbox...

    thats real healthy
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0"Rosheisen got the cat three years ago to help lower his blood pressure. He tried to train him to call 911, unsure if the training ever stuck."

    Why did he want to lower the cat's blood pressure? And how the hell do you train a cat to dial 911? If you're that desparate, just get one of those first-alert thingies for old people.


    ""I know it sounds kind of weird," Officer Patrick Daugherty said, unsuccessfully searching for some other explanation."

    Well, there you go. If you can't come up with a reasonable explanation for an event, the _stupidest_ explanation must be the right one.
  • syuusuke, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0i smell bull *****
  • nonokiaboy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0***** off...
    ;)
    Cat Tech.
    XD

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