Author: Hilary Hanson / Source: HuffPost
A cat just minutes away from possibly getting thrown into the jaws of a trash compactor has a new chance at life thanks to a kind New York City couple.
Raymond Deidesheimer, a 28-year-old Bronx resident, walked past a pile of garbage bags with his girlfriend on Wednesday morning when a cat carrier in the heap caught their attention, local news station Pix 11 reports. Moving a bag aside showed there was a live cat inside, and Deidesheimer started taking video to document the situation.
He brought the cat home, and his girlfriend contacted Little Wanderers NYC, a Bronx-based cat rescue group. The group, which called Deidesheimer a “bona-fide HERO” in an Instagram post, named the large black-and-white cat Raymond after his rescuer ― though the cat’s name was later expanded to Earnest Raymond.
Lisa Scroggins, the founder…
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