When you can’t do much, but still get the hero award

Can’t let this one pass unnoticed.

Couldn’t have done much, but didn’t stop the effort being made.

Cats rescued from sinkingThai fishing vessel interviewed back on dry land

Following their successful rescue from a sinking fishing vessel, by the Royal Thai Navy, a group of four cats was later interviewed by the media once they were safe on dry land.

Despite repeated questions regarding the whereabouts of the vessel’s captain, three of the cats expertly ignored the interviewer, while the fourth adopted the classic “Who, Me?” cat face.

Investigators are still making efforts to find the captain, who apparently disappeared after the cats were brought on board the rescue vessel, and it was claimed they had been left behind when the vessel was abandoned after the fire was discovered.

Rescued Thai Cats

Source : https://www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/cats-stranded-at-sea-rescued-from-sinking-ship-just-in-time

Hope you have better luck than me with The Dodo.

Even if I turn off every blocker and security addon I have, I never see a pic on this site – yet there always seems to be a tiny video visible with one story apparently available (which I’m NOT clicking on).

Just another cat hero – clearly not associated with PETA

First got this a few days ago, but it was a tiny postage stamp version, not clearly showing what this worker had stopped the waste inspection line for.

This one is just a little bit clearer.

 

That was one LUCKY BLACK CAT.

Also, so lucky PETA was not there!

 

Tawny owl pipelined

In a story that ends on a positive note, contractors working for Scottish Water noticed some feathers falling out of a 6″ pipe that was being used to support some power cables, keeping them clear of traffic passing below.

A tawny owl was found inside the pipe at Belts of Collonach in Aberdeenshire, after high winds prompted an inspection.

Once it had been removed and allowed to work out where it was, the owl took off and headed for some nearby woods.

The contractors have taped up the open ends of the pipe, in case the owl should decide it found a handy place to roost, and also obtained a couple of purpose made owl nesting boxes which were located in woods near the site.

(Tawny owl pic via Wikimedia Commons)