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Cat Credited With Saving Owner From Fire

Volunteers Reunite Norwich Pets With Owners

POSTED: 2:12 pm EDT May 1, 2008
UPDATED: 3:20 pm EDT May 1, 2008

The reunion between lost pets and owners continued late in the week after a devastating fire at a Norwich apartment complex over the weekend.

Channel 3 Eyewitness News reporter Kevin Hogan reported that volunteers have been setting traps in the woods near the Peachtree apartments, hoping to round up the four-legged family members.

Volunteers said that as many as 20 cats remained unaccounted for on Thursday.

There are currently 10 traps set up in hope of luring the pets back home.

At least one Norwich resident was reunited with his lost pet after the fire. Teddy Morris, who lost everything in the fire, was reunited with his cat Jeter after escaping his burning apartment.

Jeter the cat is being called a hero for alarming and waking up his owner early Saturday morning.

Morris said that Jeter pounded on the bedroom door, eventually waking him. Morris said he woke to sounds of wind and could see flames. He escaped the fire, but initially could not find his cat.

Eventually, Morris was reunited with Jeter at a shelter. The cat only suffered singe marks on its whiskers and soot on its paws. Morris and Jeter have settled into a new apartment and are both doing OK.

People who live in the neighborhood affected by the fire are advised to not feed unfamiliar cat and to call Norwich Animal Control.

"We've talked to some neighbors and there are some cats they don't recognize," said volunteer Sue Ponder. "They go to the stream to drink … so we've asked them not to feed them. We want them to come back here and eat."

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