Epic cat rescue from floods in Orenburg region

Perched on a small, sinking piece of wood, the cat was far from its normal habitat of sitting on a laptop and knocking things off shelves out of spite. Perhaps it was on an epic journey to bring back spices from the Orient. Perhaps it just got washed away like the rest of the flotsam. Perhaps we will never know. The rescue attempt was fraught with peril: the water was rising, and cats have claws, even for their saviors. The first attempt ended in failure, as the boat overshot the target. However, the second ended with a very wet cat joining the crew. The cat was among over 13,000 people evacuated and displaced by floods in the Orenburg region, caused by an unprecedented swelling of the Ural River.