|
 "I can’t get out. She’s got us trapped in our bedroom,” Teresa
Gregory, 50, told the emergency police dispatcher, according to the
record of the call.
'She’s just sitting outside my bedroom door right now. We don’t know
what to do.”
Gregory told the dispatcher that Kush, a 4-year-old Russian Blue,
began behaving badly earlier in the day so her husband James locked
the cat in the bathroom for a while.
Gregory said she might have accidentally stepped on the cat,
sparking the aggressive behavior.
When the cat was released, “she freaked out on us,” hissing,
scratching and scaring them, Gregory said.
Gregory said both she and her husband were bleeding from scratches
to their arms and legs but both later declined treatment.
"I don’t know what’s wrong with her. I love this cat to death,”
Gregory told the dispatcher.
When an officer arrived at her home in Deland, near Orlando, Gregory
can be heard on the tape calling out, “We’re trapped,” and warning
the officer, “She’s just looking at you. I don’t know what she’s
going to do.”
[to top of second column] |
The July 5 police incident report lists Kush as a victim/witness,
and also as "Cat who attacked owners." The officer wrote that
Deland’s animal control service took possession of Kush and
quarantined her for 10 days to check for rabies.
The Gregorys told the officer that Kush had never had any shots or
vaccinations.
The cat so far had shown no signs of rabies, according to Michelle
Realander at the Deland animal control office, adding that the
Gregorys have indicated they might want to find it a new home.
(Writing by David Adams; Editing by Eric Walsh)
[© 2014 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.] Copyright 2014 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
 |
