Cat Saves Teen From Attempted Rape

A teen was saved from a would-be rapist by her pet cat after the animal attacked the suspect.

The victim told reporters after a court hearing that her cat, Minno, was her “hero” after saving her life.

“I was faced with a villain, a pervert. He could have killed me but my cat saved my life by attacking him,” the victim said, Express reported. “Minno is my hero. People say cats are ungrateful. But, in fact, it is people who are ungrateful. Animals are loyal. Minno? sees me as her mother. She is worth the world to me and she will always be with us.”

The 20-year-old suspect appeared in court in Diyarbakir, Turkey, for charges relating to the thwarted attack. The victim’s lawyer, Deniz Emine Kayar, criticized the authorities who prosecuted the man for not giving him more severe charges. 

“The action was prevented because of the cat’s attack, but it was evaluated by court as if the suspect voluntarily changed his mind,” Kayar said. “The cat was not taken into consideration before reaching a verdict.”

Many readers applauded the animal for protecting its owner in such a serious situation.

“Animals ARE amazing when it comes to the people they love. This ‘interruption’ defense is like a bank robber being ‘interrupted’ and was not able to actually rob the bank…or maybe he would have changed his mind. When someone breaks into your home the outcome is not good. Defense lawyer is as bad as his client,” one Mad World News reader commented on the site’s Facebook page.

“Gotta love the cat. They are very loyal. Mine are protoceratops and growl when strangers come to the door. It’s time to make sure this type of behavior is stopped. Time to go back to where they can from,” another wrote.

“The lawyers that defend these rapists have no decency at all, as for the cat he/she should get a medal and a bowl of cream,” another added.

In a similar incident, a cat saved a Wisconsin family from carbon monoxide poisoning. Gracie, a cat belonging to Kevin Shanahan and his family, alerted them to carbon monoxide in their home in the middle of the night. Kevin was sleeping and didn’t notice that his wife, Annette, was struggling to breathe. 

“All of the sudden Gracie, I heard she was pounding, knocking, knocking, knocking at the door,” Kevin told WREG. “And so I got out of bed and to stop her from pounding at the door, and I looked to my left and Annette was there in the chair.” Annette said she was unable to breathe and thought she was dying.

If it wasn’t for Gracie, Kevin’s family might have been in serious danger. When firefighters arrived, they found lethal levels of carbon monoxide in their home caused by their hot water heater.

“Very lucky. If it wasn’t for the cat, I don’t know how much she was saving our lives, but she wanted to get out of there, and she knew enough to know something was wrong, and she was pounding on the door,” he said. 

Sources: Express, Mad World News/Facebook, WREG / Photo credit: Pixabay