One of the cats was discovered alive and unhurt two days after a 23-year-old lady died after she entered her burning house in an attempt to save her two cats.
Tsai Yueh-ling, a young woman from Taichung City, died in the early hours of Tuesday morning after running into her burning home to try to save her two cats. Tsai had reentered the blazing house after fleeing to safety in an attempt to save her two cats, who she feared was still trapped inside, according to a witness.
The big blaze took 30 minutes to put out, requiring 12 fire engines and almost 100 firemen. When firefighters entered the residence, they discovered Tsai’s body on the ground of a first-floor bedroom, cuddling one of the cats, but the other cat, “Duoduo,” was missing. The family was convinced that the second cat was still alive and began searching the entire area anxiously.
“Duoduo is our only hope, and locating him will enable Yueh-ling to rest in peace, Duoduo is her most treasured child,” the woman’s aunt wrote on Facebook in a plea for people to help her find Duoduo. She posted on the CrazyCat Club Facebook group at 8 a.m. on Thursday morning that the kitten had been located safe and sound.
“Survival instincts are present in cats and dogs.”
Many cat owners have remarked that they would have made the same exact sacrifice to save their kitties in the wake of Tsai’s untimely death. Cats and dogs, on the other hand, have strong survival instincts, and in the event of a fire, as long as the line of sight is good, the animals will discover methods to avoid the flames and exit the scene, according to Chun Tien animal hospital head Lin Tang-ti. They will naturally opt to hide in a corner if the smoke is too heavy or the fire is too hot. He urged pet owners to put their own safety first and not put their animals in danger.
