it takes a village to get a cat out of a tree

[Demovictory9]

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https://www.tapinto.net/towns/scotch-plains-slash-fanwood/articles/westfield-bands-together-to-rescue-cat-stuck-in-tree-for-six-days

WESTFIELD, NJ — Sometimes, it “takes a village.”

For six days, several Westfield families were keeping a watchful eye on a cat that appeared to be stuck in a tree. There were two unsuccessful attempts by the Westfield Fire Department to get her down, with the theory that the noise of the truck frightened her, and she retreated further.

An EMT came by and tried to lure her down with food. Neighbors came together to fashion a pulley bucket system, with water and cat food (and a shrimp thrown in with the hope that the smell would tempt her). The cat would get close but not quite close enough to get her down. A flurry of posts shared on Facebook groups solicited suggestions and attempted to find out if the cat had an owner.

The branches of the tree spread out over several properties, including the childhood home of Jane Anderson, who currently lives in Rahway Avenue, but spends a lot of time at her parents’ Westfield home on Cherokee Court. Anderson got in touch with Irma Cardoso, who has volunteered for cat rescues for many years.

On Monday, Cardoso convinced her brother Alex, owner of Loyalty Tree Service in Westfield, to try and help her rescue the cat. Alex Cardoso and his employee Nino arrived at the site, where Nino climbed the tree using ropes and shoe spikes.


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“The neighbors were all outside holding towels out in case the cat fell,” said Anderson. “Nino started up the tree around 12:30, and 15 minutes later, she’d been rescued.”

[tblue37]

1. K&R for the kitteh. nt

[tblue37]

2. Here she is after being rescued:

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[Dem2theMax]

4. And as soon as they let her out of that cage?

Right back up in the tree.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

3. She's so beautiful

Glad the precious baby is safe. So tired and hungry, so glad she got down in one piece.

[Fla Dem]

5. Ah the joys of letting cats roam free outdoors. Glad she's safe.

Currently there are 2 cats in my neighborhood who are allowed to roam free. Sunday they decided to have an all out cat fight in my back yard which is partially wooded. A long haired black cat and an orange tabby. The black cat was the aggressor and chased the tabby up a tall tree.The howling, screeching and hissing was ear piercing and made my cat who was in our screened in back porch go bonkers.

I ran out yelling at them and the black cat quickly made it's way down the tree, but the tabby sat there, high up in the tree and wouldn't move. At first I thought it was unable to climb down, but I think it was scared, because when I looked over the fence, the black cat was sitting there brazenly looking up at the tabby just daring it to come down.

I went back into the house to get a pan of water to throw at the black cat, but by the time I got back out there they had run off.

Aside from those occasional dramas, I'm picking up turds in my yard left by cats roaming in the neighborhood at least once a week. I love cats and dogs. Dogs aren't allowed to roam free and cats shouldn't either unless they're in a rural area or on a farm. Too many dangers.

[Demovictory9]

6. the sounds of cats fighting is so much worse than any actual fighting. My cats has window fights

with outdoor cats. She, behind the screen, screaming bloody murder.. then walking around huffing and puffing. cats are very territorial.