A family cat turned into a “ball of fury” and trapped a California woman and her daughter in a bedroom for hours, forcing them to dial 911 so police could coax the feline from the house, local media said on Aug. 14.
Broadcaster KGTV-TV said the unnamed woman and her adult daughter telephoned the authorities in fear because their enraged cat, Cuppy, attacked them each time they tried to leave.
Speaking outside the home in San Diego County and brandishing a broom in case the cat came her way, neighbor Karen Yarger told the TV station: “He’s just a ball of fury.”
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KGTV-TV said Cuppy has been a family pet for 14 years. It said such calls are normally handled by animal control, but that officers from the Chula Vista Police Department were in the area with no pressing calls and so were able to help by cajoling it out of the house and into the garden.
The case recalled a similar one in Portland, Oregon earlier this year, when a 10kg house cat called Lux attacked a baby and trapped a family in a bedroom.
(Reuters)
一隻家貓變成「憤怒的毛球」,讓一名加州婦女與她的女兒困在臥室達數小時,迫使這對母女打電話向九一一求援,由警察哄騙貓咪走出房子,當地媒體八月十四日報導。
加州地方電視台KGTV-TV報導,一名姓名不詳的婦女和她的成年女兒打電話給警方,說她們感到害怕,因為每當她們想要離開屋子,她們的貓咪「Cuppy」就會發狂似地攻擊她們。
在這間位於聖地牙哥郡的房子外面,揮舞著掃帚以防貓咪向她衝來的鄰居卡倫.雅格告訴電視台記者:「那隻貓簡直是一團憤怒的毛球。」
KGTV-TV說,「Cuppy」是一隻豢養了十四年的家貓。這類求救電話通常是由動物管理單位處理,但丘拉維斯塔警察局的員警當時正好在該地區,而且沒有緊急任務,因此得以哄勸貓咪走出屋子、進入庭園。
奧勒岡州的波特蘭市今年稍早也曾發生類似案例,當時有一隻十公斤重的家貓「Lux」攻擊一名小嬰兒,還將一家人困在臥室。
(路透/翻譯:李信漢)
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