Cold kitten finds a warm home in Minnesota

December 12, 2009 By: kwilliams Category: Catty Corner, News with a bite

Lucky Cat

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MANKATO, Minn. — A cold kitten found a warm home in Mankato, but it wasn’t easy.

The cat was rescued after darting into the warm engine compartment of a car.

Police tell The Free Press it happened Wednesday when Nicholas Nelson braked to avoid running over the kitten, which was hunkered down in the street. The cold kitty then apparently sought a warm haven on the engine block.

Nelson stopped lest the kitten become a victim of moving parts, and after a few minutes gingerly pulled out of traffic.

After a rescue that involved police and firefighters and a city worker who jacked up the car to extricate the kitten from below, Nelson and his roommate adopted the cat on the spot.

Its new name? Lucky.

Police Cmdr. Amy Vokal calls the black, traffic-stopping tabby “as cute as the day is long.”

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