{"id":1549,"date":"2016-10-12T03:45:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T11:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2016-10-10T05:22:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T13:22:41","slug":"wild-and-sometimes-crazy-wednesday-hero-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1549","title":{"rendered":"Wild (and Sometimes Crazy) Wednesday \u2013 Hero Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1304\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0583-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0583\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0583-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0583-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0583-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We all love a good hero story and when it involves cats, they\u2019re all the more intriguing. Here are a few that might warm your heart.<\/p>\n<p>Pudding went to work to save her human the very day she was adopted. Her new person went into a diabetic seizure and Pudding began biting her nose and pawing at her face. Once she woke up enough to call out to her son, Pudding ran into the boy\u2019s bedroom and made sure he got up to help.<\/p>\n<p>In Bakersfield, when a young bicycle rider was being attacked by a dog, the family cat, Tara, rushed to his rescue and chased the dog away. The boy can thank Tara for the fact that he needed only a few stitches after the ordeal.<\/p>\n<p>Marsha, a cat who belongs to nobody and to everybody (in other words, she\u2019s a stray who <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1303\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/AlyzayBirthday3-078-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"AlyzayBirthday3 078\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/AlyzayBirthday3-078-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/AlyzayBirthday3-078-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/AlyzayBirthday3-078-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>the neighbors feed), saved a newborn baby one winter night in Russia. She saw a box with a baby in it and climbed into it, keeping the baby warm until her loud meows brought help. Folks believe that the tabby\u2019s actions saved the baby\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>There have been many cats who have saved their family from a burning, smoke-filled house\u2014one of them was Oscar\u2014who went around scratching on the bedroom doors to alert family members there was a fire. Everyone got out safely.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think your cat has it in him or her to be a hero? I\u2019m pretty sure that if a fire broke out here, Lily would wake me up to make sure I rescued her food and maybe a few of her favorite toys. Or would she go hide from the danger like she does when we have workmen or visitors in the house.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all love a good hero story and when it involves cats, they\u2019re all the more intriguing. Here are a few that might warm your heart. 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