This is a novel way to ‘rescue’ a cat stuck up a tree. They must have run out of ideas because the video clearly shows the tree surgeon cutting off the branch on which the cat is perched. She falls … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT: I have unashamedly stolen Fox17’s headline because I like it. Thanks Annie Szatkowski. It is a good little cat story from Grand Rapids, Mich. What I like about it is the confident way this man climbs up … Continue reading →
I have never read, either on the internet or in a book, about a species of wild cat being stuck up a tree. It doesn’t happen in my opinion because any wild cat species is more in tune with nature. … Continue reading →
AP Scaffolding Services built a 50 foot scaffolding tower next to a tree in which a tortoiseshell cat had been stuck for about three days. It’s the first time I’ve seen this method of rescuing a cat from a tree. … Continue reading →
This super looking mackerel tabby cat hanging on to his rescuer’s leg for grim death while he climbs down a ladder indicates to me that the cat is frightened of heights. I’ve just reminded myself of an article I wrote … Continue reading →
Firefighters in West Yorkshire, UK have made a public announcement on Twitter that they do not deal with issues of animal welfare and therefore they will not rescue cats from trees. They ask people to contact the RSPCA instead. “We … Continue reading →
This tabby-and-white domestic cat was chased up an oak tree when he was a kitten more than six years ago and he has not come down. Firefighters have tried to rescue him but he refused their help. He is fed … Continue reading →
Would nature and evolution have allowed domestic cats to get stuck up trees? I don’t think so. So why are they?
Continue reading →This is a particularly nice ‘cat stuck up a tree rescue’ with a happy ending. The cat dives off his tree as if he knows that it safe to do so as there is a safety net below. I think … Continue reading →
Cats, like humans, don’t naturally go into reverse. They don’t like walking backwards. They may do so for a short distance to avoid something, a hostile object or creature, but beyond that they aren’t very good at it. We know … Continue reading →
