"I, FOR ONE, WELCOME OUR NEW FELINE OVERLORDS":

'Hero’ cat apparently dials 911 to help owner (Associated Press, January 2, 2006)

Police aren't sure how else to explain it. But when an officer walked into an apartment Thursday night to answer a 911 call, an orange-and-tan striped cat was lying by a telephone on the living room floor. The cat's owner, Gary Rosheisen, was on the ground near his bed having fallen out of his wheelchair.

Rosheisen said his cat, Tommy, must have hit the right buttons to call 911. [...]

Rosheisen got the cat three years ago to help lower his blood pressure. He tried to train him to call 911, unsure if the training ever stuck.

The phone in the living room is always on the floor, and there are 12 small buttons — including a speed dial for 911 right above the button for the speaker phone.

"He's my hero," Rosheisen said.

As long as liberals insist on asking the question about old folks and helpless people, the issue must be raised: Is life spent in undying gratitude to a cat worth living at all?