Rescued this week from an icy Massachusetts pond, a miraculous event unfolded as a 20-year-old blind black-and-white cat was saved.
Tiki, who likes to roam around the outdoors, was seen Monday on a floating piece of ice before falling in the Nabnasset Lake in Westford.
The feline was saved when a passerby and a couple of nearby construction workers rose to the occasion.
The black-and-white cat named Tiki was pulled from the thin ice of Nabnasset Pond in Westford, Mass., and quickly dried off after the heroic rescue operation saved him from the frigid waters. (Dawn Felicani via AP)
“He quickly accessed the cat and plucked him from the water moments before he surely would have succumbed to the frigid cold,” the agency added. “The cat was taken indoors, toweled off and wrapped up in blankets.”
Tiki, who was in shock and was taken for veterinary care, where he was shivering and lethargic, authorities said. His temperature was so low that it didn’t even register on the thermometer.
Tiki’s owner, John Arden, told authorities he may have gotten out the night earlier in the early-morning hours.
“We believe that Tiki may have been chased onto the ice by a predator last night and found himself stuck on the ice floating straight across the lake through the night,” animal control said.
In this image provided by Dawn Felicani, Tiki, a 20-year-old blind cat, sits on the thin ice of Nabnasset Pond, before being rescued, Monday Dec. 16, 2024, in Westford, Mass. (Dawn Felicani via AP) (Dawn Felicani via AP)
Tiki was reunited with Arden and was doing fine, the Westford Police Department said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
