VILLAS — A cat that survived seven months in the wild with four inches of latticework stuck around its neck was rescued last week.
Lower Township Animal Control Officer Don Montgomery first encountered the cat he has named Lucky last July. The cat had put his head through a hole in latticework under a house on West Atlantic Avenue and became stuck.
At that time, Montgomery broke off a section of the latticework to free the cat but it took off with four inches of lattice still attached to its neck.
On Jan. 8, Montgomery set a trap outside a crawlspace under a house on West Atlantic Avenue where the cat was hiding.
The following day Lissy Holryd, of Wildwood Crest, trap, neuter and release coordinator for the Animal Alliance of Cape May County and Foster Care Network Coordinator for Animal Outreach, set a larger trap and caught the cat.
Lucky avoided capture for seven months and stayed in the same neighborhood. Despite spending seven months looking like a framed picture of a cat, Lucky did not sustain any injuries.
Veterinarian Matt Schwert, of Brigantine, drove to the shelter to remove the latticework and also neutered Lucky.
“He went way out of his way to do what he did,” said Montgomery.
Lucky is a feral cat and was released back to his neighborhood on Jan. 11
Montgomery said he would frame the latticework and hang it in his office.
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