Must... get... last... morsel!

Pensacola, FL, K-9 cop Harry Barraclough and Officer Mike Cornett saved a kitty who got stuck in a can of dog food.

Unfortunately, TV cameras did not get to the scene in time to capture the resuce on tape. Okay, they weren't even dispatched. But they should have been!

[While] Cornett cut holes in the can to help the cat breathe [t]he cat suddenly sprang to life and escaped, running across the street into a yard, barely avoiding an oncoming vehicle.

“The cat had used two of its nine lives by then,” said Barraclough, who described it as a “heat-seeking missile” as it rampaged around the yard.

The officers recaptured the kitty, and Cornett used pliers to remove the can.