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Montgomery Co. Fire rescue cat trapped behind house’s walls

By Hugh Garbrick

Fire and rescue responders in Montgomery County, Maryland, rescued a cat trapped in a home’s first floor walls Saturday morning. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service received a call from Strauss Terrace in Calverton about the stuck cat. Firefighters said in a tweet that the cat fell from a third floor crawl space down to first floor, where it got trapped behind the walls.

The responders were able to free the cat, and they said it was unharmed by the fall. A photo posted to Twitter shows a firefighter sitting in front of a wall cutout while shining a flashlight on a feathered cat toy dangling in front of the hole.

As more dogs get canine flu, Montgomery Co. urges dog owners to consider skipping dog parks

By Nick Iannelli
More dogs in the D.C. region are getting sick, and the Montgomery County Office of Animal Services in Maryland is encouraging pet owners to consider skipping dog parks until the spike in canine influenza begins to come down. Suspected cases of canine flu appear have been on the rise, and the illness is so prevalent and severe that veterinarians advised dog owners last month to keep pets away from other dogs at places such as dog parks, doggy day cares and boarding facilities.
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