Do Cats Rescue People They Love?

<p>Is your cat capable of love? Of altruism? Will your cat fight to the death to protect you? Ann and Lisa tell stories of feline heroics. They prove, without a shadow of a doubt, cats love you more than you'll ever know.</p> <p>Want to follow up on our sources or watch any of the videos we mention? <a href='https://thisanimallife.com/'>Go to ThisAnimalLIfe.com </a>and <a href='https://thisanimallife.com/?page_id=392'>click on Show Notes</a>. </p> <p>Adams, Sam, “<a href='https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/best-friends-cat-dog-meet-6219897'>Best of friends: Cat and dog meet at same time every day to enjoy a stroll</a>,” Mirror, August 2015.</p> <p>Demirjian, Karoun, “<a href='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/01/16/russias-heroic-cat-masha-shes-credited-with-saving-an-abandoned-infant-from-winters-deep-freeze/'>Russia’s heroic cat Masha: She’s credited with saving an abandoned infant from winter’s deep freeze</a>.” Washington Post, January 2015.</p> <p>Dictionary Corner: Iris Oxtabee was right! Anthropomorphism: The attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object. Personification: the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.</p> <p>Dunn, Rob, <a href='https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39088985-never-home-alone?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=qQcz1N4h4t&rank=1'>Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live</a>. Basic Books, Illustrated edition, October 2019.</p> <p>Lang, Fabienne, “<a href='https://interestingengineering.com/cat-dies-defending-family-from-australias-most-poisonous-snake'>Cat Dies Defending Family from One of Australia’s Most Venomous Snakes</a>.” Interesting Engineering, February 2021.</p> <p>Morell, Virginia, <a href='https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14868863-animal-wise?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=tRQRAUxOLg&rank=1'>Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our