(AP) Firefighter resuscitates cat

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By The Associated Press

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - A lucky cat owes one of its nine lives to a
firefighter who revived it with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Al Machado rescued the cat from a burning apartment Tuesday, telling The
Standard Times of New Bedford that he saw immediately that it needed air.

Machado began performing mouth to mouth on the animal as he carried it
outside.

Video shot at the scene shows Machado bent over, breathing into the
cat's mouth several times.

The cat, a tiger angora, was revived and resting comfortably soon after.

No humans were injured in the fire.

A man and woman whose last known address was the building that burned
were arrested and charged with arson, authorities said.

Two other cats died in the second-floor apartment, but two dogs there
were saved with the help of oxygen from paramedics and animal rescue
personnel.

Pets on the other two floors - including a ferret and even some frogs on
the first floor - were all saved.

Asked what it tasted like to give mouth-to-mouth to a cat, Machado
laughed, grimaced and said: "Like fur."

Sarah Palin later disemboweled the cat using a kukri.

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