GRANTS PASS, Ore. (US) — The owner of a 17-pound
Siamese cat named Liam says he has nearly used up his nine lives
after getting shocked on a power pole in Grants Pass and falling 25
feet.
Jennifer Kagay tells The Grants Pass Daily Courier, she and her
husband were lying in bed early Tuesday when they heard a "bang"
and the power went out.
Her husband, Jeff, went outside and the cat was lying still on
the transformer at the top of the pole. They were relieved when
Liam started to move, but horrified when he fell 25 feet to the
ground. On the way down, he snagged a wire with a claw, then landed
softly in some brush.
The Kagays took him to the vet, where he may have to have one
leg amputated.