Kitten Rescue!

Last Wednesday, November 4th, 2009, a friend and I went outside to talk. We settled upon the park adjacent to our school, and found a bench on which to sit. Upon sitting, we heard a strange noise - was it a bird? Was it a cat? Was it a figment of our imaginations?

Turned out, it was a cat! We noticed her just prior to 11am that morning.

This video begins a little bit after 4pm the same day. In our attempts to get the cat out of the tree, we called the fire department - no success. They said it was too expensive to send a truck out to get the kitty. I flagged down a police officer riding by on his bicycle - he attempted to help by trying to get the fire department or animal control, but again, no dice. Neither would come out. Next, we called an animal shelter to see if they could do anything - they sent a truck out, but due to liability issues, they weren't permitted to actually CLIMB the tree. So they wound up being about ten feet short. (We estimated the cat was about 20 feet up).

An hour or two before the recording of this video, one of our friends that had joined us called a local news channel in an attempt to get them to convince the fire department to come out. They said they'd try and help, so we stayed with kitty to make sure she was okay.
A few hours later, when we have no sign of any help - more friends show up - two of them with climbing equipment!

So the fellow that brought the climbing equipment gives it a go - he can't get up to any sturdy branch. He had grabbed the wrong harness.

After standing around for a little while longer, and right as I had begun recording this video (hence the gasp a few seconds in) the kitten had climbed down from the 20ft high spot to the branch that was maybe ten feet high. Much easier to get to. And that's when our friend Joe tries to climb up to reach the kitty, and becomes a hero.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Tree
• CCAC
• November 4th
• 2009
• Wednesday
• Kitten
• Cat
• Kitty
• Rescue
• Cute
• Climbing
• OMG
• heroes
• hero
• adventure

[muetter]

The cat could have jumped from higher branches and have survived just fine, must have been a younger, less confident cat

[Jupichan]

@muetter I'd be surprised if the kitty was more than a year or so old. Seemed rather young, was definitely playful once I got them into my house.

[ceilingkatt]

also, can we have an update?

[Jupichan]

@ceilingkatt Treekitty has a warm and safe home with two people that helped us try to get her down from the tree. :3

[ceilingkatt]

Which town is this? You guys seem like the nicest people on the face of this planet.

[Jupichan]

This place is just off our college campus, ever so slightly north of downtown Pittsburgh. :3

Also, a few days later, one of the other people that was helping us to get the kitty down took her in permanently. I kept her safe for two nights, but then I brought her to her new home. :D

[rivnerivne]

god bless you all:)

[ingridfun]

UM I wish I could have seen the cat. Kthanks.

[Jupichan]

Not that we could tell, no.

[1rockinmama1977]

Did the cat belong to anyone?