My biggest fear with 9 cats! Luckely we have an enclosed cat playground outside. We can just push them out the cat door in the window and lock it behind them. I just hope something like that never happens when we aren't home!
On Dec 2, 2011 4:34 PM, "Lorrie" <felineres...@frontier.com> wrote: > What a terrible story! > > This is a lesson I learned from a friend of mine. Her house was on > fire and she grabbed her cat and took him outside but he ran back > inside and died in the fire. God forbid any of you ever have to > rescue your cats from a burning house, but cats will always run back > inside because this is the place they feel safe. Always put your > cats in carriers or in your car outside your home. With 13 cats this > would have been terribly difficult for your parents, but if there are > only one or two cats this can be done. > > Lorrie > > On 12-02, GRAS wrote: > > In 1964, my parents' house in Chicago had a fire on a night of a huge > > snowstorm, 3'! The fire department had a hard time getting there because > > side street were not plowed, especially not at 3 AM. They had 13 cats, > and I > > had "just" moved back with my two cats because I couldn't afford my > > apartment closer to school. All the cats died in the fire, although my > > father was running around, grabbing them and putting them on an enclosed > > porch, they all ran back as he opened the door.....When the house was > > rebuilt, a cat was found in the basement ceiling/rafters, completely soft > > and pliable (not stiff!) - poor cats most probably died from smoke > > inhalation because they have such tiny lungs. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >
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