Heroes come in many shapes and forms, but they all do uncommon things in unusual situations. They stand out. We've all heard stories of
hero dogs that save their owners. One dog saved his owner by fighting off an alligator. Another woke his sleeping, family when a
suffered a seizure. But one
fire broke
out in its home. Still others rescue injured or needy people in dangerous situations. One dog even managed to call 911 when his owner
Because of her kindness, many lives were saved. dog, named Ginny, performed heroic acts on a regular basis, not just once or twice in unusual situations.
Ginny the dog was adopted by her owner from an animal shelter in
1990. Within days of bringing her home, her owner discovered that Ginny
seemed to be able to find cats in distress. On her daily walks, Ginny would often find abandoned, trapped, or endangered littens or cats that
needed rescuing. In one such episode, Ginny found a group of kittens trapped in a pipe. She managed to let her owner know, by scratching and
barking at the pipe, that something needed her help. Because of Ginny, the kittens were saved.
Almost daily, Ginny
would find cats that needed rescuing or, in some cases, a little love. Ginny's owner reported that when Ginny saw a cat on
their walks, she would pull away from her leash
and run after the cat. Instead of chasing cats like most dogs, Ginny would nuzzle and lick them,
giving them comfort. Because of Ginny, her owner soon found he was caring for hundreds of wild neighborhood cats. In addition, Ginny
pushed her owner to adopt more than twenty cats, most of whom had permanent injuries or special needs.
*When we would go to the pound to drop off donations," her owner said, "Ginny always found the cat that was blind of deaf or hurt ) some
way. She would sit down in front of the cat's crate and not move until we brought it home.
What makes a dog behave such a kind way? Some believe Ginny had a very strong mothering instinct. But how could she tell when a cat was
deaf? How did she know which cats needed love and
tion? Regardless of how she did it? Ginny rescued hundreds of cats in her life and set
an example we all can follow.
What is the central idea of the bolded paragraph?
A. Ginny had a gift for finding cats in distress.
B. Ginny was an unusually heroic dog.
C. Ginny caused her owner to care for neighborhood cats.
D. Some animals can call 911.