Not many people can claim talons and death as new job issues to be expected like dialing ‘9’ for an outside line. But the job of an animal rescue officer is intense, especially when on call for overnight emergency services.

Katie, who’s never held a cat must become a hero and so she does. The phases of her training are marked with important realizations about life and about herself. The characters she portrays are people you know. Or at least, if you ever do meet them in real life, you’ll know exactly what she was talking about.

Like Kirstie,...