Cat Survives 2 Euthanasia Attempts

Published January 4, 2012

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A cat named Andrea has miraculously survived two euthanasia attempts by a Utah animal shelter. NOTE: This is not Andrea.

One lucky cat has seven lives left after surviving two euthanasia attempts from a Utah animal shelter.

According to the Associated Press, a shelter cat named Andrea survived multiple gassings from the West Valley City animal shelter in Utah. The cat had been adopted less than 30 days before when shelter officials made the decision to put Andrea down.

But this cat was resilient; after the decision was made to put Andrea to death by the shelter's gas chamber, the cat came out alive. So they gassed her again, thinking there could be no way she could come out on top.

After the procedure was finished, they found no vital signs, and put the cat on ice, proclaiming her dead. But when they went back to re-examine her body, they found that, remarkably, the cat was still alive!

Finding Andrea to be a true fighter, the shelter finally decided it'd be a good idea to stop trying to kill her. Andrea has since been adopted out, and is currently settling in to her new home.

What are your thoughts on this cat's remarkable story? Moreover, what do you think about gas chambers in animal shelters? Share your thoughts in a comment.

Ryan Karpusiewicz Ryan Karpusiewicz is the Assistant Editor, Lifestyle, for Digital Works @ NBC U, whose main…

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Tags: Cats, animal gas chambers, animal news, animal shelter, euthanasia

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Comments (55)

Charlene (Unverified)

Added 09-27-2012 10:18am

Gas chambers are antiquated and should be outlawed! Imagine having to suffocate to death! I think that it's much kinder to give an injection. I have had to have several pets euthanized by lethal injection because of health problems that just couldn't be healed/resolved and I held my pet in my arms as he/she died peacefully. It was a much better way for them go.

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Anonymous (Unverified)

Added 09-23-2012 01:29pm

How horrifying that gas chambers are still being used. What a failure this facility is at being an "animal shelter."

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zeig (Unverified)

Added 09-22-2012 09:51pm

I rescued a irish red and white setter and I think he acually rescued me. We have so much fun.

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Anonymous (Unverified)

Added 09-18-2012 11:38am

what makes no sense is the cat was adopted once already. Put him up for adoption again, In my state they try their hardest not to uthinize. And a gas chamber? must be Germans thinking these cats are Jews.

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Anonymous (Unverified)

Added 09-17-2012 12:55pm

Gas shelters should be illegal as they are an abomination and should be considered animal cruelty. Better yet putting animals down should be illegal.

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Edward Saintsing (Unverified)

Added 07-28-2012 06:49pm

Perhaps God has a special purpose for animals too.

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Anonymous (Unverified)

Added 07-21-2012 01:06pm

Yes, it's not euthaniasia- IT IS MURDER and it happens to 6 million- 6 MILLION dogs and cats a year in "shelters". If this world cannot come up with a better solution than killing killing killing... it is a sad sad time. This is 2012- there is NO way this should be happening today- so many alternatives. All you need is a little creativity and energy to let all homeless dogs and cats live. It's not rocket science. But the system is so broken, and so engrained in these old time practices, it continues. And, gassing should def be outlawed-everywhere- it is a slow painful death sometime - this cat lived through it, what does that tell you??? Make sure your state outlaws them.