Ryan Adams leads crusade to rescue 'cemetery cat' in New Zealand
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Version 0 of 1. Musician Ryan Adams, once known for his volatile outbursts and alcoholism, has rocked New Zealand with his crusading calls on behalf of an abandoned cat. The American singer tweeted a picture of a black and white kitten in a cemetery in Auckland while on a late-night, jetlagged walk on Monday. Please any local cat rescue in Auckland, there's a little black kitten Symonds & Grafton- in Cemetery. Abandoned. pic.twitter.com/EwgILWC0JJ He gave the cat, which he described as “clearly abandoned” and “crying for help”, food and water, before co-ordinating a rescue attempt among his concerned followers. “They will need a carrier – she’s hungry & could easily go in one – but although u can pet her she won’t let u carry her out,” he tweeted. Aucklander Rob Isaac live-tweeted his attempt to catch the cat, with supportive input from Adams at regular intervals. Anxiously waiting on word if he went to get her. I wish I had a cat carrier. She's a sweet cat. Crying & lost. : / https://t.co/mVbZMGx331 OMG man, lemme know if you need back-up. She's very loving- I was there an hour at least w her https://t.co/zrqSc4tkQ1 Rob I called to her in a sort of "speaking to cats" voice- she will cry back but once you hear her let her come to u https://t.co/4Dk2mwIqnZ Though Isaac managed to locate the cat, his attempts to gain her trust were cut short when she was spooked by possums. FUCKING POSSUMS Twelve hours after Adams’s first tweet, a member of his crew fed the cat. Adams expressed regret that he could not do more to help the animal, but pointed out that even if he were able to catch her, he could not take her to his Auckland hotel or on to Australia, the next stop on his world tour, indicating a better grasp of that country’s stringent quarantine laws than Johnny Depp. The singer has vowed to donate to any shelter that finds the cat her “forever home”, and shook off suggestion that he might, in fact, be a hero. No one is a hero til this clearly abandoned kitten goes home and is safe. Symonds & Grafton Bridge cemetery. #Please pic.twitter.com/C5639WXsRC Isaac tweeted that he intended to return to the cemetery on Tuesday night, this time with “a humane trap, skilled professionals and some KFC”, and promised to keep interested individuals – no doubt Adams among them – updated with the hashtag #cemeterycat, which earlier trended on Twitter in New Zealand. Most rock stars would be cruising in their limousine right now. @TheRyanAdams rescues lost cats. How great is that guy, seriously. In the meantime, the cat, to quote the national online news site Stuff.co.nz, “remains at large”. Adams will play two shows in New Zealand this week before travelling to Australia to perform gigs both solo and with Jenny Lewis, as well as appearing at the Splendour in the Grass music festival. |