Danville police responding to a call about an unresponsive woman in the 300 block of Bellevue Street on Wednesday night were surprised to find a cat zipped inside a lunch bag.
The call was made at about 7:40 p.m., police said.
“The man (who lives there) came home and found the lady on the back porch unresponsive,” Lt. M.T. White said, adding that the woman lived in the house as well. “She was taken to Danville Regional Medical Center.”
White said the lunch bag, with the cat inside, was right next to the woman and the Danville Area Humane Society was called.
Police do not yet know how the woman came to be passed out on the porch, or why the cat was in the lunch bag. White said the case is still being investigated.
Paulette Dean, executive director of the Humane Society, said the cat was at the point of heat stroke when it was found.
“We got there just in time,” she said. “We cooled him down and he’s resting comfortably right now.”
Dean said the cat would remain in the custody of the Humane Society until the incident is investigated, and the woman recovers enough to explain why the cat was in the bag.
“This is a large, fully-grown cat,” Dean said. “I don’t see how it even fit into that little bag.”
Contact Denice Thibodeau at dthibodeau@registerbee.com or (434) 791-7985.
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