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   Posted: Monday, 17 September 2007 11:16AM

   Cat, Stuck for Week, Blasted Out of Tree With Fire Hose

   YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) -- A cat stuck in a tree for a week has been blasted to safety with a high-pressure fire hose.

   Volunteers with an outstretched sheet made the save as the cat -- soaked and hungry but unharmed -- was hosed out of the tree by Yonkers firefighters on Sunday night.

   "Everyone was cheering,'' said artist and animal rescuer Greg Speirs, who was among about 50 people assembled beneath the willow tree.

   For days, the fearful feline had clung to branches several stories high, ignoring humans who banged cans of cat food and climbed ladders that were just out of reach.

   It took two shots with the hose to do the trick.

   "As soon as the cat landed it jumped out and ran into the woods,'' Speirs said Monday.

   "Some kids helped us bring the cat back, and a man said he would adopt the cat right on the spot,'' said Speirs. "You can't come up with a nicer ending than that.''

   Posted 4 years ago by Dee from Tampa #

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   Kind of reminds me of a quote I once read - You often hear of cats stuck in trees, but you never see any cat skeletons up there. This one stayed up there longer than most.

   Posted 4 years ago by NNGM #

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   Wow! There should be video with that one

   Posted 4 years ago by MeezerMama in OK; 10/23 #

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   How sweet!!

   Posted 4 years ago by HuddysMama #

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   Nibs & Nora's Mom...Not meaning to make light of the situation,but when we experienced the Flood of 1997, after the waters receded(5-6 months later),not only were there cat skeletons,but,cows as well all over in the trees. Right after the levee break,a friend that had a home flooded to his roof,was able to collect one of his cats alive thanks to the Army going in on boats to try & save the animals. Because his home was under water,I offered to keep his little sweety at our house,which,by the grace of God was saved from waters. She spent the first entire hour eating & poohing,eating & poohing. A couple of weeks later,we were aloud,after getting a tetanus shot on the spot,to walk down as far as we could w/out have our feet in water. we proceeded to toss bags of cat kibble onto the roofs of the houses so they had food until they could be saved. A handful didn't make it,but,alot of them did survive. It was a great feeling to know that some would not have lived had we not been able to do that.

   Posted 4 years ago by feral #

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   Great that you were able to do that. Poor babies stranded out there

   Posted 4 years ago by MeezerMama in OK; 10/23 #

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   Thanks MM...On top of that...come to find out,she was pregnant by his other cat that didn't make it.But they only found out about it after she went in to be spayed,& the poor darlings didn't make it thru the surgery. His girlfriend & him have since gotten 2 new kittens(Siamese)to help w/the pain. They're beautiful kitties.

   Posted 4 years ago by feral #

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   Susie, that is a great story! Here in Michigan we hardly ever have to deal with flooding. In fact, other than winter, nature treats us pretty kindly (no hurricanes, few tornadoes, not much flooding etc.) As a result I don't do much emergency planning, I should do more. Bringing in bags of food was very smart.

   Posted 4 years ago by NNGM #

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   My folks didn't move us to California from Michigan till I was 5 yrs, old. I do only have a couple of small memories. During the winters,she'd sometimes have to herd us kids down into the basement up to half a dozen times in a single day because of tornado warnings. I also remember us kids trying to catch fire flies. We used to get alot of UFO sitings back in those days.

   Posted 4 years ago by feral #

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    There are certain areas in Michigan that seem to get worse weather. The west shoreline really gets it in the winter, with lake affect snow. Just north of GR seems to be a bad area for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, and the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek belt seemed to catch all of the bad weather this past summer. I think alot of it has to do with the Lake - same reason Buffalo NY gets hammered with snow every year.

    Your post really got me thinking about emergency plans, though. It would be a good idea to have a plan in place, even for something not weather related (what would happen to the pets if I were in an accident, for example). Things we don't like to think about, but we really should.

    Posted 4 years ago by NNGM #

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    The HSUS has a good site on disaster and emergency planning for pets.

    http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/be_a_lifesaver_disaster_planning_can_save_your_pet_in_an_emergency.html

    Posted 4 years ago by AnnF #

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