{"id":3601,"date":"2024-07-24T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/?p=3601"},"modified":"2024-07-24T19:22:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T19:22:01","slug":"trooper-saves-scared-kitten-from-highway-then-comes-back-to-adopt-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/trooper-saves-scared-kitten-from-highway-then-comes-back-to-adopt-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Trooper saves scared kitten from highway \u2014 then comes back to adopt her"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>We love hearing stories of police officers saving animals in need, but some really go above and beyond. Like one highway patrol officer who rescued a scared kitten from the highway \u2014 and later returned to pay a very special visit\u2026\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, California Highway Patrol Officer Ryan Moore responded to a call from a motorist who \u201csaw a scared kitten\u201d on the highway in Monterey County, according to a\u00a0Facebook post\u00a0from SPCA Monterey County.\n\n\n\n</p><p>The kitten was scared and skittish and in danger of running into busy traffic. \u201cAt first I stopped on the left-hand side but when I went to grab the kitten, she ran across the lanes,\u201d Officer Moore recalled. \u201cI immediately thought: oh gosh, please don\u2019t get hit!\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><p>With the cat\u2019s life in danger, Moore decided to stop traffic on the highway while he made the rescue. The officer tried to catch the kitten again, but she jumped into the wheel well of a Prius and crawled into the fuel tank.\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn-djur.newsner.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/sites%5C/3%5C/2024%5C/07%5C/23192223%5C/Screenshot-2024-07-23-at-3.18.48-PM.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-33661\"\/'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>Screenshot\n\n\n\n<p>SPCA Humane Investigations Supervisor Jacob Duarte arrived on the scene to help, and after making sure the cat wouldn\u2019t be harmed by a running engine, they slowly moved the car to a parking lot.\n\n\n\n</p><p>After locating the kitten with a camera on a wire, Duarte removed some car parts and was able to finally free her.\n\n\n\n</p><p>\u201cAt first I had a moment of \u2018why did this cat pick my car of all cars\u2019,\u201d said Tom Greeley, the Prius\u2019 owner who was two hours late to work due to the rescue. \u201cBut it was a really heartwarming reinforcement of the good in society. The CHP officers were so great, Jacob was amazing, and together we made a difference and saved this little kitten.\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t just leave this little kitten out on the highway,\u201d said Officer Moore. \u201cI needed to try to do everything I could to help her. I\u2019m so glad that Jacob was able to get her out.\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><p>As if the story wasn\u2019t inspiring enough, there was also a heartwarming update that gives the rescue a true happy ending.\n\n\n\n</p><p>One week after the rescue, Officer Moore stopped by the SPCA\u2026 and asked to adopt Chippy!\n\n\n\n</p><p>Video posted by the shelter shows the adorable cat in the arms of Moore and his two children, on her way to her new forever home.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><div class='\"mh-excerpt\"'><p>We love hearing stories of police officers saving animals in need, but some really go above and beyond. 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