Published 18:38 IST, January 2nd 2020

Video of elderly man rescuing stranded cat with chair becomes internet sensation

A video of an elderly man holding up a plastic chair up to rescue a scared cat that is stranded on a ledge has become an internet sensation and received praises

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A video of an elderly man holding up a plastic chair up to rescue a scared cat that is stranded on a ledge has become an internet sensation. old man in video has also received praises online for his actions. In video one can see cat hesitating before jumping onto chair, however, it n sits on chair and elderly man carefully lowers it. As soon as chair nears ground animal n jumps off and runs into an alley. 

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video first shared on Facebook by a popular Pakistani meme p has received over one million views. video also mand to get around 12,000 likes, 24,000 shares and hundreds of comments. 15-second clip also struck a chord with many internet users. One facebook user wrote, “A lovely little random act of kindness, bless his heart”. While ar internet user wrote, “I've done this minimum 100 times! When our cats climb on a tree and can't find any way to come down! We do this only! Animals are so cute and incent”. A user also commented, “What a great man! Thank you for doing this”. 

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Clayton Fire department rescued a cat 

In a different incident, Clayton Fire department rescued a cat after its he got stuck inside a food can. According to sequence of events posted by fire department on Facebook, officials said that y were dispatched by 911 after a passerby tified m of a cat having its he stuck in a food can. In post, department furr ded that its rescue team arrived quickly and safely cut open can and freed cat.

wonderful gesture by fire department prompted a few reactions wherein y congratulated rescue team. A person thanked team for helping cat. A netizen wrote, “Thanks for helping baby! Maybe it won't do that again”. Ar internet user commented, “I just want to paws a moment and say how fur-tunate this cat that such pawsome guys were willing to help him”. 

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18:38 IST, January 2nd 2020