Angry Cat Traps Family In Bedroom, Forces 911 Call

[jhoroz]

The comments in here make me weep for the human race. I own four cats and love them all dearly but if I see one of them attack an INFANT then you're damn right I'm going to do whatever it takes to get it away from the baby, up to and including a swift kick to the rear.

Cats are awesome but babies are more important.

This.

Honestly, what the fuck is wrong with you people? If a cat scratched my son, I wouldn't just kick it. I'd cave its fucking head in.

 

[NuclearKangaroo]

and this lads and gents is why dogs>cats


dogs are mans best friend, they dont trap people in bedrooms, they bring you the newspaper, play fetch and ruin the carpet forever

Yea I had a dog eat a couch once. A FUCKING COUCH. As well the rubber handle to a hammer, cowboy boots, and count less pillows. We put them up and he would find them. Thank god he's done with that phase. When I was a little kid when had a dog mom saved from an abusive home. Aggressive dogs kill, aggressive cats need to work at it to kill a human.

Cats > dogs

i was merely joking, but i still think much more highly of dogs than of cats


dogs are loyal and helpful, hell they even helped our ancestors hunt and stuff like that, cats have done... nothing really, just look cute and shit and dogs can be cute too

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damn i love dogs

 

[samaugsch]

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I would have to have actual arguments to argue against before I could refute them. All I'm getting is the equivalent of "cats are dicks for no reason because I said so!" That's not an argument. Also, I shouldn't even need to back what I say up, you can do that yourselves with any random Google search. Hell, here's one right now that took me about 2 seconds:
http://www.pawnation.com/2013/03/28/are-cats-evil-mean-or-vindictive-by-nature/

Why an I bothering to enlighten you people anyway? The very fact that you can even say this stuff proves that you know jack about cats at all.

The article you provided mentions that cats do things because they have different personalities. From my understanding, it's agreeing with both sides to an extent.

 

[Lizmichi]

and this lads and gents is why dogs>cats


dogs are mans best friend, they dont trap people in bedrooms, they bring you the newspaper, play fetch and ruin the carpet forever

Yea I had a dog eat a couch once. A FUCKING COUCH. As well the rubber handle to a hammer, cowboy boots, and count less pillows. We put them up and he would find them. Thank god he's done with that phase. When I was a little kid when had a dog mom saved from an abusive home. Aggressive dogs kill, aggressive cats need to work at it to kill a human.

Cats > dogs

i was merely joking, but i still think much more highly of dogs than of cats


dogs are loyal and helpful, hell they even helped our ancestors hunt and stuff like that, cats have done... nothing really, just look cute and shit and dogs can be cute too

Spoiler

damn i love dogs

Oh I know you were joking and meh to the puppy. It's cute, but I love cats. They're not needy, and they don't beg. When a cat wants you it will come to you, at least with all the cats I've had.

 

[NuclearKangaroo]

and this lads and gents is why dogs>cats


dogs are mans best friend, they dont trap people in bedrooms, they bring you the newspaper, play fetch and ruin the carpet forever

Yea I had a dog eat a couch once. A FUCKING COUCH. As well the rubber handle to a hammer, cowboy boots, and count less pillows. We put them up and he would find them. Thank god he's done with that phase. When I was a little kid when had a dog mom saved from an abusive home. Aggressive dogs kill, aggressive cats need to work at it to kill a human.

Cats > dogs

i was merely joking, but i still think much more highly of dogs than of cats


dogs are loyal and helpful, hell they even helped our ancestors hunt and stuff like that, cats have done... nothing really, just look cute and shit and dogs can be cute too

Spoiler

damn i love dogs

Oh I know you were joking and meh to the puppy. It's cute, but I love cats. They're not needy, and they don't beg. When a cat wants you it will come to you, at least with all the cats I've had.

but a dog will ALWAYS be there for you, a cat, maybe if it feels like it, not that it will do anything useful, i dont think cats can really perform any useful task

 

[Someone Depressing]

The animal should't be put down.

The morons that poorly housed it probably should, though.

I don't think putting down violent animals is wrong, but puting down violent animals that are a result of horrible care is definetely wrong.

 

[maxben]

That's a nice encompassing line that means absolutely squat, since "provoke" could be anything that we don't see as unreasonable.
It fits right in with the attitude that animals can do no harm and it's simply not true.

"Provoke" means plenty, and it's obvious what it means. It means hurt them in some way. If that's not plain enough, here:
1. Don't hit or attack them in any way.
2. Don't mess with their food while they're eating it.
3. Don't screw with their kids, especially when they're not around and don't trust you.
4. Don't just walk up and start petting an animal you've never met before. There's a good chance they will hurt you or try to run away.
5. Learn how to handle behavioral problems or don't have the animal.
6. Most important, make sure they aren't sick before you blame them for anything.

Animals have never done anything to anyone that those people didn't bring about. They are merely following their instincts and if their instincts tell them you are a threat you are going to get attacked.

Dude, all you are saying is that "animals can be dangerous because they are animals". I don't think anyone disagrees with you. They don't have a rich inner life allowing them to make too many decisions on the essence of morality and the permissibility of murder under a variety of contexts. Technically, though, I can make arguments that humans are the exact same by pulling from neuroscience, psychology, and determinist philosophy. Seriously, read what you wrote and the exact same things work for humans.

 

[Frankster]

I'm gonna wager it's not the first time that cat has been kicked.

For it to get so violent/agressive either it had a hell of a traumatic kittenhood before the family acquired it and/or the family are rotten pet owners who did not take good care of the cat and taught it to be that way. I mean ok yeh I've known moody cats but fuck I never thought a cat could be capable of a stunt like this xD

but a dog will ALWAYS be there for you, a cat, maybe if it feels like it, not that it will do anything useful, i dont think cats can really perform any useful task

Thats BS stereotyping cos you ain't met my cats and 2 of them are as loyal as ANY dog, heck even more loyal cos unlike a dog with short memory whose loyalty is easily given, my cats are loyal to me because they want to ^^ And I ain't even the one who feeds them!

As for useful task...Usefulness is in the eye of the beholder.

What can a dog do for me that is "useful"? Fetch a ball? Yeh great. Only "useful" thing a dog could do for me is be my mini bodyguard I guess but I'm not interested in that cos means I have to walk it and clean its mess and what not.

Meanwhile what do my cats do?

My black and white angora cat is the most adorable cuddly fluff ball I know, it actively seeks out cuddles and doesn't get tired of them. He is always there to welcome peeps and act as a soft toy, which is a use in itself.

My black cat by contrast is a miniature panther and a great hunting mistress. She has SAVED MY LIFE from spider attacks (ok bit of an exageration but I am an arachnophobe) and keeps house clean of creepy crawlies that I find gross. She is also the most "loyal" cat I know in that she loves to follow me everywhere and all I have to do to get her running to me is do a certain sound (kinda like with dogs eh?) and she drops whatever she is doing to come running.

Ill emphasize the "hunting spiders" bit again cos to me that is a lot more important then anything a dog could do.
Actually speaking of importance, dogs were important to human development due for their help in hunting+guarding.
Cats were important as civilization developed cos they protected against vermin, hence why its "good luck" to have a cat onboard a ship and not a dog for example

Soz if tone seems agressive, not my intention but wanted to debunk some of those BS cat stereotypes that people like to spout but yet I've found it to be absolutely false in reality.

 

[Brian Tams]

I just wanted to point out that its absolutely perfect that Andy's avatar is that of Cat Jesus.

 

[TallanKhan]

I had a number of thoughts when I read this story, all of which are jostling for poll position here so I am going to go ahead and list them:

First of all the fact that the guy's initial reaction was to kick the cat probably tells you enough about what happens to it on a regular basis to explain why it went all coo-coo for cocoa puffs. People like this shouldn't be allowed to own animals and only have themselves to blame for incidents like this.

Second, it was a damned house cat, even if this thing was some kind of mutant super cat and all of that extra weight was pure muscle, it was still just a big house cat. We have already established these people should be allowed to own animals but frankly, if a grown man couldn't protect his family from a house cat I question whether he should have been allowed to have a family.

Lastly, he wants to keep the cat?!?! The hell is wrong with this guy? He was so intimidated by this cat that he hid in a bedroom, he has an infant child in the house, how does he propose to protect it? And why is he allowed to make this decision, Animal Control were called in, surely they must recognise that leaving this cat in the home would be inappropriate?

 

[chinangel]

Angry Cat Traps Family In Bedroom, Forces 911 Call

The 22-pound Himalayan kept an entire family, including the dog, trapped in a bedroom until police responded to a desperate 911 call.

Lee Palmer of Portland, Oregon, has a wife, an infant son, a dog and a cat named Lux. And Lux, according to Palmer, has "a history of violence." Yesterday, the cat scratched his son's forehead, so Palmer kicked the cat - and the cat dropped the hammer, forcing the family, including the dog, to flee into the bedroom, from where Palmer called 911.

"I kicked the cat in the rear, and it has went off, over the edge, and we aren't safe around the cat," he told the 911 operator. "We're trapped in our bedroom. He won't let us out of our door."

After learning that Palmer was calling about a house cat and not a rogue man-eating tiger that had busted out of the local zoo, the operator excused herself to determine whether this was something the police should actually be sent to deal with. Told that it was, she got back on the line and assured the worried family that help was on the way, although she seemed to struggle for things to say while they waited for the rescuers to arrive.

When animal control finally showed up, the cat jumped onto the refrigerator but they were able to grab it and put it into a pet carrier. Nobody was hurt, including the baby, and despite Palmer's previous statement about the cat's violent nature he later claimed he'd "never seen anything like it" before. Amazingly, as of yesterday the fate of the cat still hadn't been settled. "We are debating what to do," he said. "We definitely want to keep [the cat] away from the baby and keep an eye on his behavior."

Please, kids. Please. Stay in school.

Source: WBTV.com [http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/03/aggravated_cat_is_subdued_by_p.html]


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Your avatar is not helping the situation. At all.

On topic, as a cat lover this is ridiculous.

 

[rheianna]

The cat only scratched the baby because the baby pulled its tail... Then the father went and kicked the cat... Considering these circumstances I'm on team cat.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/vicious-pet-cat-traps-oregon-couple-call-911-22854245

 

[Nieroshai]

This is going to end up being the go to 'get your cat declawed' story for the next few years.

I don't know why people don't just clip the nails shorter instead. People would probably answer by saying "the cat would likely go straight for your eyes if you tried", but they're not all mad. They don't all hate water and they don't all scratch people's knees off. Surely people can get them used to being handled or groomed early on so that lacerations and veterinary casualties don't become a reality.

Even then, pet groomers aren't THAT pricey that you can't spend the extra cash to trim them up if you're afraid your cat won't sit still. If it's a safety thing, the money's always worth it.

 

[Nieroshai]

The comments in here make me weep for the human race. I own four cats and love them all dearly but if I see one of them attack an INFANT then you're damn right I'm going to do whatever it takes to get it away from the baby, up to and including a swift kick to the rear.

Cats are awesome but babies are more important.

This.

Honestly, what the fuck is wrong with you people? If a cat scratched my son, I wouldn't just kick it. I'd cave its fucking head in.

But of course, the cat with claws and fangs that can survive falling from a third-story building is "more delicate and precious," no? Case after case convince me that families with infants should not have cats. Maybe when the kid is ambulatory, but not until then. At least most dogs I've seen are the type to take or even enjoy the abuse (oh the horror) that a squishy little humanling can dish out.

 

[RJ 17]

My favorite thing about this story is that, according to that screenshot, the cat was quoted as saying "RAAAAARRRRRR!"

But yeah, I'm with all those that have already said "Seriously dude? A house cat trapped you in a room? We're not dealing with a frickin' pit-bull here..." Just throw a frickin' blanket on it and wrap it up. Problem solved.

 

[PirateRose]

I'm willing to bet, building a series of shelves and a high up perch for that cat to climb up to, to get away from that baby, will solve everything.

Cats need their own personal space and many cats feel more secure high up. If all the cat has for space is the floor, something that feels insecure to a cat, makes them feel tiny and defenseless, he's probably stressed out(indicated by "history of violence") and that baby is using up that space with the dog. So that cat feels like he's got nothing, he tried to express authority over the baby for space, and that man kicked him for what the cat probably perceived as for no reason. So the stressed out, insecure, personal bubble spaced invaded feeling cat finally snapped and attacked the whole family.

Cats can be too fast and agile if they are motivated enough. Add to that they are quick thinkers. You try to throw a blanket on him, he'll get around it and be up the front of your shirt in a blink of a eye.

 

[Do4600]

An easy solution for this. Open the door a crack, wait for the cat to attack the crack, then kick the door open.

As someone who is totally unbiased....*looks at username*....ahem....

Never seen so much misinformation about cats before in my life.

Let's look at the KNOWN facts of the case, here, people:
1) The cat scratched the baby. The reason for this is still unclear.
2) The owner responded to this behavior by kicking the cat.
3) The cat responded to this show of force with a show of force of its own.

It doesn't take a damn rocket scientist to figure out that this incident was provoked by the humans, not the cat.

So the cat scratching the baby is irrelevant? If this was a gorilla that cat would have been putty after scratching the baby.

 

[iseko]

Hahahaha jeezes christ. They ran from a HOUSECAT? Bahahaha. And there are actually people defending this on this forum? ( the running away part). It's a CAT. Grab it by the skin in the neck. Pull it from the ground and give it a tap on the head. This does NOT hurt them. It simply gives them the signal that you are their parent and that what they are doing is wrong. I've had lots of cats. Some were more inherintly aggressive then others but still. You have to show them who is boss. Grabbing them by the skin of their neck is something usually only the mother does. They don't like it but they respond to it. It's the equivalent of getting publicly scolded by your mother. Demasculizing and embarassing. It will piss them off but if you do it long enough they give up. And even if they don't because of bad "parenting" on your part. IT IS A FUCKING CAT. How sad can you be to need police intervention for THAT. Djeezes fucking christ almighty. That is one sad ass family who'd probably roll over and die if there is a slight breeze.

Don't even try and quote me over how wrong I am. I've defended my cats and my person from street cats. Dze litwle babies tried to scratch you? Aaaw let us take care of that little boe boe. hahaha

 

[KB13]

Ummm... I have cats, sort of a crazy cat lady. All of them are different breeds, and of different temperaments; however let me please quote the article

""I kicked the cat in the rear, and it has went off, over the edge, and we aren't safe around the cat,""

you DON'T kick any animal not only will you hurt them (This is called animal abuse children) but those that can fight back will, cat's do not take anything from anybody, seriously it's like your dealing with a brick wall with claws. Also this is just plain hilarious... seriously dude grow a back bone and teach your kid that pulling on the cats tail is not a good thing.... Or let the cat teach him for you.