Who would have thought that coffee could be used to sᴀᴠᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇs? Well, all right, there’s a heap of studies on the benefits of coffee and how it can prevent certain ɪʟʟɴᴇssᴇs, so a lot of people probably thought that. I am, however, not referring to sᴀᴠɪɴɢ ʟɪᴠᴇs by means of ingesting coffee, but rather by pouring it. That’s right. Pouring it. You know, like pouring coffee on someone’s tongue when it ꜰʀᴇᴇᴢᴇs to a flag pole because someone else told them that people over 30 can’t have their tongues ꜰʀᴏᴢᴇɴ to a pole.
Kendall Diwisch, a Canadian oil worker from Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada, was doing a well checkup run when he stumbled upon 3 ᴀʙᴀɴᴅᴏɴᴇᴅ kittens on one of the back roads. Diwisch stopped to investigate and was greeted by the sound of ᴅᴇsᴘᴇʀᴀᴛᴇ meowing. He soon discovered that two of the three tiny kittens had their tails ꜰʀᴏᴢᴇɴ to the ground.
Without hesitation, he ran back to his car, picked up his travel mug, and used his warm coffee to sᴀᴠᴇ the poor kittens. He tried to melt the ꜰʀᴇᴇzing ice by pouring warm coffee on their ꜰʀᴏᴢᴇɴ tails. And luckily, it worked. To the man’s surprise, the adorable kittens instinctively started drinking it, but not enough to have any ɴᴇɢᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ effects. Diwisch was so happy because no kittens were sᴄᴀʟᴅᴇᴅ or ɪɴᴊᴜʀᴇᴅ during the ʀᴇsᴄᴜᴇ.
Unfortunately, there wasn’t enough coffee (or it wasn’t warm enough) for it to do the trick. So, Diwisch decided to give it a little pull. Despite the cute kittens meowing in ᴅɪsᴄᴏᴍꜰᴏʀᴛ, he managed to fairly easily set them ꜰʀᴇᴇ from their ɪᴄʏ ᴘʀɪsᴏɴ. No kittens were sᴄᴀʟᴅᴇᴅ or ʜᴀʀᴍᴇᴅ during the animal ʀᴇsᴄᴜᴇ operation.
Diwisch took the 3 furry felines back to the car and brought them to his home, where they were warmed up and fed. He later took to Facebook to share about this little adventure. And of course, his story and video soon went viral on social media. One half of the internet called him a ʜᴇʀᴏ and praised him for his selfless act. A user wrote: “So great you found a home for all three together. Thank you.” Another wrote: “Forget superman, you’re a real ʜᴇʀᴏ! Thank you so much for ʀᴇsᴄᴜɪɴɢ the little sweetʜᴇᴀʀᴛs. Fate in humanity (a bit) restored.” A post read: “You sir are my ʜᴇʀᴏ and an ᴀɴɢᴇʟ. How beautiful a soul you are! Made me cry tears of joy that you ʀᴇsᴄᴜᴇᴅ those beautiful kitties! What a ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ you have, I have a new found hope for humanity!”
Diwisch later updated the post to say that all three kittens had been adopted: “All three little rascals went to their new home today where they get to be together instead of separating them. Thanks for everyone’s consideration and offering to take them very appreciated.”
