Cops close motorway to save kitten!

[Beemer]

This was on Stuff today - so cute! The kitten looks a lot like our Shelby.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/3931592a10.html

Police temporarily cordoned off Hugh Watt Drive in Mangere this morning to rescue a kitten from the busy road.


A member of the public alerted police northern communications centre to the plight of the kitten.

Two motorway patrol officers were sent on motorcycles to rescue the kitten.

After a communications centre dispatcher expressed interest in keeping it, one of the officers put the kitten inside his uniform jacket and delivered it.

Staff have christened it Lucky and it came through its ordeal unscathed.

[crashe]

NZ Police CommCens Alert 11:00 17-01-2007 Counties Manukau

Location of incident: Hugh Watt Drive, Mangere

Incident Type: "Lucky" escape for kitten rescued by motorway patrol

Hugh Watt Drive was temporarily cordoned off today so NZ Police Motorway Patrol Officers could rescue a kitten that found itself in the middle of the busy road, much to the alarm of passing motorists.

A member of the public called the Police Northern Communications centre to alert police to the plight of the kitten, followed by a call from the SPCA who wanted to send a staff member onto the motorway to retrieve the kitten.

North Comms dispatched two officers on police motorbikes who went to the rescue of the kitten.

After a North Comms dispatcher expressed interest in keeping it, one of the officers put the kitten inside his uniform jacket and delivered it to the North Comms staff member.

Despite its ordeal, the kitten is in great spirits, and staff have christened it with the new name "Lucky".

For more information contact

Issued by: Communications Manager Leanne Frisbie

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[yungatart]

Ohh, how cute!:gob: I wonder what crime was left unattended so they could do that...

[rwh]

Ohh, how cute!:gob: I wonder what crime was left unattended so they could do that...

Being highway patrol, probably just ticketing - good news all round :yes:

Richard

[JimO]

perhaps they could catch a few crims while they are at it

[98tls]

nice.........heard it on the news.No doubt this thread will bring all the cop bashers out........maybe if we throw a stick they will all fuck off.......good on the cops.......awsome......better off devoting time to a kitten than 1/2 the dip-shits they would have been dealing with anyway.

[The Pastor]

MMMM cat burgers :D

[Drum]

What happened to natural selection?

[mitchilin]

The womenfolk love it.And you have to grab job satisfaction where you can get it

[98tls]

What happened to natural selection? Ended when you slipped through the process..............:innocent: J/K

[Colapop]

Great another feral cat! Big deal, got rescued. Not cop bashing but bloody useless pet owner bashing. There wouldn't be half the problems we've got with stray animals if people got their f*cking mongrel pets spade or nuetered. I've dealt with stock losses, animal attacks (even cats) and pet being dumped. Most of which can be avoided by having their mongrel pets nuetered.

[Swoop]

...if people got their f*cking mongrel pets spade or nuetered.

An interesting freudian slip???

[98tls]

Great another feral cat! Big deal, got rescued. Not cop bashing but bloody useless pet owner bashing. There wouldn't be half the problems we've got with stray animals if people got their f*cking mongrel pets spade or nuetered. I've dealt with stock losses, animal attacks (even cats) and pet being dumped. Most of which can be avoided by having their mongrel pets nuetered. Agreed.............in a perfect world if you want a pet you get it........its gets nicked and chipped...........3rd time its picked up wandering you lose it......but no to easy....instead we have to pay millons for spca refuge and suffer through millons of $ worth of advertising/warnings from said Spca........mind you goes without saying i guess........we live in a country were the more kids you have the more money you get but people still deplore unemployment...........nuts.................

[Colapop]

......we live in a country were the more kids you have the more money you get but people still deplore unemployment...........nuts.................
Don't get me started!

[Flatcap]

Cats are the same as possums in my book. What a waste of time and resource. I wouldn't be swerving to miss it

[98tls]

Fuck i would if i were you mate...........if your profile is right garfield would chuck you into a ditch as you attempt to do him in..............

[Flatcap]

Fuck i would if i were you mate...........if your profile is right garfield would chuck you into a ditch as you attempt to do him in..............

Nah -10inch wheels give you more feel for the road and its "pot holes"

[Meekey_Mouse]

AWW! That is such a cute story :love:

[Beemer]

I see what the cops mean when they say they can't win! Be told about the kitten running loose on the road and leave it, so one of you lot comes around a corner and hits it (because it sounds like very few of you would bother swerving), perhaps coming off and wrecking your bike, or close the road for a while and remove the danger - either way, they're tossers. Obviously.

[cynna]

Cats are the same as possums in my book. What a waste of time and resource. I wouldn't be swerving to miss it

but how many drivers out there would swerve - straight into oncoming traffic or the next lane...........

[Squeak the Rat]

Bloody cops - was the kitten arrested before it was taken into custody?

This was a no-brainer in my book. There would be drivers who would swerve for a kitten so therefore it's potentially a hazard. The cops often hold up traffic to remove pieces of wood and other debris (which as a biker deserves a big thumbs up!) so this isn't too far removed apart from the fact hitting a kitten wouldn't damage a car. And that's ignoring all the emotions involved with cute widdle kittens.....

[idb]

Agreed.............in a perfect world if you want a pet you get it........its gets nicked and chipped...........3rd time its picked up wandering you lose it......but no to easy....instead we have to pay millons for spca refuge and suffer through millons of $ worth of advertising/warnings from said Spca..........

I wonder who left their seal to wander in Southland.
And look what happened to it...the beach down there is technically a carriageway so the result was inevitable really...........

[Dai]

perhaps they could catch a few crims while they are at it

Probably book the owner of the cat for allowing it to get into such a prediciment, then bill the owner for the use of police resourses.

[Pixie]

Bloody cops - was the kitten arrested before it was taken into custody?

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It was charged with obstructing a public carriageway and disqualified from driving for six months

[Lou Girardin]

Apart from the fact they showed some humanity, they have to remove animals before someone crashes trying to avoid them.
I saw a van nearly roll on the Northern M/way while swerving to miss a duck and ducklings.
Good stuff.
PS The correct charge is being a pedestrian on a motorway.

[DEATH_INC.]

Good on 'em. :niceone:

[Patrick]

A CAT-astrophe was clearly avoided...:shutup: :nono: :zzzz:Bidoom tish...