This video shows the moment a cat was rescued from the side of a busy road in the United States.

The incident happened on Interstate 475, which is the Western bypass of Toledo when reports came of a cat lying at the side of the road.

Toledo Post Trooper Katie Thomas located a cat on I-475 in Lucas County and after retrieving gloves from her cruiser to avoid being scratched she tried to pick it up.

It then ran off but she was eventually able to safely catch the cat with the help of a good Samaritan.

The cat was then taken to Toledo Humane Society, where it was named Trooper and according to the animal sanctuary where he was being cared for the has since found his forever home with a local family.