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Heartbreaking video shows cat being rescued after it froze to the ground

The lucky cat survived the incident and was adopted a few days later.
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Brian Koerber
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Heartbreaking video shows cat being rescued after it froze to the ground
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A lucky cat got a second chance after it was found frozen to the ground in Russia.

In the video, the man filming explains that the cat became stuck after it sought refuge under a warm vehicle. Temperatures then dropped to negative 35 degrees celsius and the cat became frozen to the ground.

The couple filled a bucket with hot water and gently poured it over the cat's paws to unfreeze it from the ice.

"It's most important that the cat's alive and we'll be able to help her," the man can be heard saying in the clip.

In the YouTube description, they explain that the cat was taken to a veterinarian where it was determined to be about seven to nine months old. They stated that the cat was able to walk later that evening, and was adopted the same week.

UPDATE: Dec. 2, 2016, 5:20 p.m. EST To include the following updated video.

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.


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