KINDNESS AT WORK: Kitten saved from busy Russian highway traffic in Kaliningrad

LILI CHRONICLES
News flashes on animal lives, by our correspondent Lili G.

Lili G.

I am happy to report that kindness—the queen of all virtues—along with its sister, compassion—is still alive across the globe, showing that many human beings, despite the frequently squalid cultural ambit they live in  (especially those based on the celebration of selfishness, war, and greed) are often ready to act with courage and selflessness, almost instinctually, to save the helpless from suffering or death. The videos below document acts of kindness in Russia, and also in America. I rejoice in the existence of these brave animal lovers, and therefore salute them. I am also delighted in seeing that the little compatriots they saved are now leading normal lives, enriching our world with their presence.

RUSSIAN CCTV: Kitten escapes death in Russian highway

The story made it to the US media. Below, the event as reported by Time Magazine.

Looks like this cat used some of its nine lives

In a tale that is simultaneously heartwarming and quite stressful, a tiny kitten in Russia was rescued after being stranded in the middle of a Kaliningrad highway after falling out of a speeding car window.

The petite feline spent four seconds sitting in the middle of the road, where several cars almost ran it over before a kind stranger pulled over to rescue the small animal.

Denis Degtyarev, man of the hour. Bravissimo!

Its rescuer was later identified as Denis Degtyarev, who reported to Life.Ru that the cat is unharmed and has already found a new family.

“I checked him quickly as I picked him up, he looked deeply shocked but all right, in that nothing was broken or badly bruised,” Degtyarev said. “There was no blood. I drove it to the sport school which my kids attend, and there friends of ours quickly found him a new family. He is doing well now.”

You can watch the entire heroic episode go down, above.

AND ANOTHER RUSSIAN RESCUE

KINDNESS AND COURAGE ARE ALSO (THANKFULLY) AT WORK IN AMERICA—