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week-old kitten in Jurupa Valley may have used up one of its nine lives Tuesday after it was scooped up by a hawk and dropped in midflight from the sky.
Lindsey Gage of Jurupa Valley and her 6-year-old daughter were heading to the grocery store about 1 p.m. when she witnessed the improbable incident, according to Riverside County Animal Services.
The hawk was perched on a neighbors basketball hoop when she saw the kitten in its grasp. The kittens mother was on the ground below, hissing at the hawk, Gage said.
Seconds later, the hawk took off and flew down the street, still holding the kitten.
But at some point, the hawk lost its grasp, and the white furball dropped 12 to 15 feet from sky.
Luckily, the kitten landed safely,
When I saw the whole thing happen, I turned my car around, drove and ran over to the little kitten, who was fine and was just meowing away on the ground, Gage said. She was scared.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-kitten-rescued-hawk-dropped-from-sky-20150527-story.html#navtype=outfit
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Fortunately, you've got 8 left. Courage. Now you can cuddle with your Mama.
On edit, the kitty has four paws with claws and probably gave the hawk a species lesson.
TlalocW
(15,394 posts)That's a, "Whadafuqwasdat?" expression if I've ever seen one.
TlalocW
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)Now it's going to go hungry.