(Gray News) – A cat who acquired trapped in a pullout sofa and his homeowners have been acknowledged by Nationwide Insurance for having essentially the most uncommon pet insurance coverage declare of the 12 months.
Giles, a black cat named after a personality on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” obtained the fifteenth Annual Hambone Award from Nationwide. He and his homeowners, Reid and Kaitlyn, acquired a trophy, a present card and a donation to be made in Giles’ honor to a pet charity.
Giles was trapped in a pullout sofa when Reid’s dad and mom visited the couple’s New York City residence in a single day and forgot to verify for the cat once they put the sofa away, in keeping with Nationwide.
“My stepmom said, ‘Something has happened, and we’re really sorry, but [Giles] got trapped under the couch.’ When they put the couch away, they didn’t realize that he was under there and … the mechanism bopped him in the face pretty good,” Reid mentioned.
Giles’ homeowners rushed him to a veterinary hospital, the place he obtained stitches however was in any other case OK.
“Fortunately, it wasn’t too bad. He did need some stitches … but he was the model patient, as he always is,” Reid mentioned.
Giles now has a phobia of something with a hinge on it, Reid added in a video concerning the incident.
The couple acquired pet insurance coverage shortly after adopting Giles as a result of he got here down with an an infection on Christmas Eve and his therapy cost 1000’s of {dollars}, in keeping with Nationwide.
“We’re very grateful that [pet insurance] has been part of our lives because we’ve used it,” Reid mentioned.
A public vote decided this 12 months’s winner of the Hambone Award, which Nationwide says brings consciousness to shocking pet accidents and the way pet insurance coverage can assist homeowners.
The runners-up have been Jax, a pug from Las Vegas who acquired warmth stroke whereas below a comforter, and Sunny, a Labrador retriever from California who ate three cellphone charger cords.
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