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4 cats rescued from sinking boat by Thai Navy Sailors --- Yeah! (Original Post)
mysteryowl
Apr 2021
OP
Wonderful!! Some of the kitties still looked a little shell shocked. But they're safe.
Fla Dem
Apr 2021
#4
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)1. Awww
ret5hd
(20,491 posts)2. Good people are everywhere...
Oddly, good people seem rare.
Skittles
(153,150 posts)6. they really aren't rare
they just don't get the attention that bad people do
ret5hd
(20,491 posts)7. I know. I truly believe that also...
I just dont seem to meet that many of them.
Skittles
(153,150 posts)8. well you just did
I have donated dozens of gallons of platelets, I send care packages to soldiers overseas, I have to cats adopted right off the streets, etc
mysteryowl
(7,380 posts)3. I want to know how it is they happened to have cat kibble on hand?
We are left with a mystery.
ChazInAz
(2,565 posts)10. Borrowed it
The crew probably has their own Ship's Cat.
Fla Dem
(23,654 posts)4. Wonderful!! Some of the kitties still looked a little shell shocked. But they're safe.
mysteryowl
(7,380 posts)5. I saw that. One of the first pictures of them on the deck showed a couple of them lying down flat.
Poor darlings, what an ordeal.
Thank you sailors!
Karadeniz
(22,510 posts)9. This is soul!
liberalla
(9,242 posts)11. Thank you Thai Navy !!!
Saving those kitties was the best!
wnylib
(21,433 posts)12. Why were the cats abandoned by the fisherman when
they left the boat?
Liberty Belle
(9,534 posts)16. Do we know the crew survived? They may have drowned, or
perhaps cats were hiding below deck when it came time to evacuate - priority would be saving human lives.
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TygrBright
(20,758 posts)14. Bast has special rewards for you, hero(es)! n/t
littlemissmartypants
(22,632 posts)15. Those guys are so sweet.
Reminds me of my late dad, USCG, 30+ years. I miss him.