People joke about cats and dogs being enemies, but pet lovers know that’s not the case. In fact, one feline recently was a hero to a litter of canines in need. Having just been rescued herself, this calico cat in Sevierville, Tennessee paid the favor forward and rescued nine puppies.
According to Local 8 Now, Pets without Parents Shelter, Inc. found the calico cat wandering after a recent wildfire. After Pets without Parents took the pretty cat in and named her Cali, she gave birth to four kittens. On April 18, while Cali was nursing her kittens before they could become available for adoption, a situation arose. Nine newborn puppies needed to nurse, but didn’t have their own mother. “We really didn’t know what to do,” Daniel Langston, director of Pets without Parents, told Local 8 Now. “But then it just popped in my head, ‘well, we have a mom cat.’”