(Gray News) – A cat who acquired trapped in a pullout sofa and his homeowners have been acknowledged by Nationwide Insurance for having probably the most uncommon pet insurance coverage declare of the yr.
Giles, a black cat named after a personality on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” acquired 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 mother and father visited the couple’s New York City condominium in a single day and forgot to verify for the cat after they put the sofa away, in accordance 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 stated.
Giles’ homeowners rushed him to a veterinary hospital, the place he acquired 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 stated.
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 accordance with Nationwide.
“We’re very grateful that [pet insurance] has been part of our lives because we’ve used it,” Reid stated.
A public vote decided this yr’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 underneath a comforter, and Sunny, a Labrador retriever from California who ate three telephone charger cords.
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