<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Courtesy of the Tampa Bay Times (Tampa Bay, Florida) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/five-days-after-burial-tampa-cat-crawls-back-from-grave/2215343">http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/five-days-after-burial-tampa-cat-crawls-back-from-grave/2215343</a></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.1428em; font-size: 1.929em; font-family: 'Francois One', sans-serif; color: rgb(24, 24, 24);"><span class="entry-title" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;">Five days after burial, Tampa cat crawls back from grave</span></h1><div class="articleMeta" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(234, 234, 234); vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 16.00200080871582px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(24, 24, 24);"></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I couldn't stand to bury the cat," the 52-year-old said, so he asked his neighbor Dave to dig 1½-year-old Bart a shallow grave next to the street.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Five days later, hair matted and much the worse for wear, Bart was back, somehow managing to escape his grave. He meowed at Hutson's neighbor, Dusty Albritton, for some food on Jan. 21.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"At first it blew me away," said Albritton, 42. "All I knew was this cat was dead and <i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;">Pet Sematary</i><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"> </i>is real."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bart had a broken jaw, a ruptured eye and a torn-up face, but he was alive, dehydrated and hungry. And Hutson wasn't sure what to do.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"It was unbelievable," he said, chuckling. "I've never seen anything like that before."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He reached out to veterinarians before getting in touch with the Humane Society of Tampa Bay, who offered to take care of Bart. Hutson didn't have much money for Bart's extensive surgeries, but Humane Society executive director Sherry Silk said the organization's Save-A-Pet Medical Fund will help Hutson pay for the procedures, which will cost more than $1,000.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bart underwent surgery to remove his eye, wire his jaw shut and insert a feeding tube Tuesday afternoon. He is expected to make a full recovery in about six weeks.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hutson plans to keep Bart after he heals. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"The guy genuinely, believe me, cares about this cat," Silk said. "He's a well-meaning guy."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As for Bart?</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"He's purring, even with all these injuries," Silk said. "I can't even imagine how awful he must have felt. He's just a really wonderful, patient, loving cat."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bart, 1 1/2, was dehydrated and hungry with a broken jaw, a ruptured eye and a torn-up face. “It was unbelievable,” said his owner Ellis Hutson of Tampa.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="cid:A62B577A-CEE3-4E5A-9023-3F7F8272FA64" alt="image1.jpeg" id="A62B577A-CEE3-4E5A-9023-3F7F8272FA64"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_013115.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_013115.jpg</a></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Video</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://video.tampabay.com/?ndn.trackingGroup=90964&ndn.siteSection=tbtimes&ndn.videoId=28447899&fr">http://video.tampabay.com/?ndn.trackingGroup=90964&ndn.siteSection=tbtimes&ndn.videoId=28447899&fr</a></p></div><div>--------------------------------------<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares"</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>