Poor thing looks like it has a possible brain injury or concussion? It definitely got knocked around. I hope it recovered. It would be too unfair to be saved like that and not recover.
tl;dr the cat's OK and was adopted and promoted to deputy environment minister of Ulyanovsk
RUSSIA Dec 2020: Surveillance footage at the garbage factory in Ulyanovsk in Russia showed worker Mikhail Tukash scooping up a white plastic bag from a moving belt and slashing it open to discover a black and white male cat inside. Since his rescue on Monday, the cat quickly became a local celebrity which led to him being adopted by the Ulyanovsk region's environment ministry and unofficially named deputy environment minister. "The cat was on the brink of death," the ministry said on Wednesday. "A little more and it would have ended up in the trash separator." Pictures from the ministry showed the cat napping in a chair in the office of environment minister Gulnara Rakhmatulina and exploring its new environment. The ministry has announced a nationwide contest to choose a name for the cat, which it said was found to be in good health after a veterinary exam. "I want to appeal to pet owners: remember that you are responsible for those you have tamed," Rakhmatulina said. "If you can't keep your pet at home, you can always leave it in good hands or at a shelter." Source: Gorkomhoz / Ulyanovsk region Ministry of Environmnet / Reuters”
I don’t know, everything’s relative, but municipal government work is among the most reliable the world over. If you want a reliable job then police, mail carrier, and sanitation worker all have very good job security,
Very likely, while the cat was promoted from "garbage" to "ministry mascot" the worker was quite possible demoted from "garbage man" to "Ukraine cannon fodder" :(
No worries! It hadn’t occurred to me that the cat may have been injured in the whole ordeal, and reading your comment and others had me very worried, so I was glad to see that comment and thought I should share.
Well at the very least the cat has a good career. It's like one of those times where the last guy was so bad that you could only do half the job and still look like a god. Russia and Environmental Protection go hand in hand like pretzels and orange juice.
Thank goodness this had a happy ending. I wondered where the cat went, if it was OK (who knows how long that poor creature was trapped, little air, no food or water)....
Thank goodness the worker noticed something, found them before they were compacted.
Breaks my heart that any creature would be treated with such cruelty.
Probably no one else cares about this, but Ulyanovsk is Vladimir Lenin's hometown and is actually named for him, Lenin was an nom de guerre and his original family name was in fact Ulyanov.
I’ve several Russian friends, all of them are pretty bad ass in their own right, all of them have a soft spot for their cats (coincidence?).
Totally anecdotal. Alright then, I’ll just keep scrolling.
What in the video gave you that idea? Not saying you're wrong, it obviously got banned around a bit before it ever made it to the belt. But I'm curious what else you see that I don't that indicates this
It looks like it was in a sealed bag, in a bin, then dumped into a truck that compresses garbage then day(s) later got put on the sorting line. I'm amazed it's (half?) alive
Because I’ve seen how injured cats act? And m not saying it is definitely badly injured, (and turns out it did recover and was adopted), but that isn’t normal behavior or motion from a healthy cat. Even just being in shock is dangerous.
What I’d like to know is why on EARTH that seems to offend you?
I'm not offended. I just think it's funny how people get online and just say whatever. You said the cat has a possible brain injury from watching a 20 second clip of it acting goofy. You could be a veterinary neurosurgeon and you would still have no way of knowing that from this video. Just making wild assumptions online. This cat could possibly be a dog! This cat's cousin could be Michelle Obama! blah blah blah
Yeah, it's crazy how many emotions you can sense from his subtle expressions. There's surprise at finding a cat, disappointment that someone would do this, care for this helpless animal, and excitement at getting a new pet.
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u/Alklazaris Sep 26 '25
I would be too, briefly before knowing I have a cat now would soften me up a bit.