A cat surely used up at least one of his nine lives in Santee this week as it survived an eight mile ride stuck in the bumper of of a car.
Gnocchi the cat — yes, the cat’s name is Gnocchi — somehow got into the bumper of a car. The owner of the car, a neighbor of Gnocchi’s owner, then went out for a drive completely unaware that she had a passenger. Luckily, some Good Samaritans waved her down and, after prying the bumper open with a crowbar, Gnocchi was saved.
After being brought to the shelter for an evaluation, Gnocchi’s microchip led to a reunion with his owner.
“I’m just so grateful that he survived and he is OK,” Gnocchi’s owner Carolyn told the Union Tribune. “Today he’s acting like nothing happened.”
Cat Survives Harrowing Ride Stuck in the Bumper of a CarWhen a woman got into her car in Santee and drove away, she…
Posted by County of San Diego Department of Animal Services on Friday, February 26, 2016
