Everyone:
Have you seen this story?
Here is a suspenseful news story that was printed in the Chicago Sun-Times on Friday, March 16, 2001... http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/eek.gif
NO COAXING KITTY FROM WEEK'S STAY IN TREE
By Michael Higgins
ORILLIA, Ontario - A cat stuck more than 30 feet up a tree for a week is refusing all attempts to get him down.
The long-haired orange cat was spotted last Thursday by Audrey Penicud as she ate her lunch.
"I can see the poor thing right now," said Penicud from her home. "There he is perched on the branch with his bum against the trunk. He must be very hungry, very tired and very thirsty because there is no snow on the tree."
After she spotted the cat, Penicud tried to coax it down.
"I went over there and called him to come down, but he wouldn't come. Of course, he didn't know me."
A neighbor, who also did not know the cat, then tried to persuade it to leave the tree by placing food at the base. The cat refused to budge.
This week Penicud's son came to visit from Ottawa and tried a rescue.
"My son got the ladder from the garage and then went up after the cat. He got as far as the branch, but the cat just went further away from him. He shook the limb to see if he could get the cat to fall into the snowbank, but it didn't work," she said.
Word of the cat's plight spread from Penicud's road to neighboring streets.
"I was hoping someone would know what to do. Maybe his owner might come and get him down," she said. "Someone must have called the Humane Society, because a few days ago I saw their van parked by the tree and a couple of people looking up at the cat. But they just went away and didn't do anything."
Now Penicud is hoping the cat's dire straits might touch the hearts of Orillia's citizens.
"There are quite a few senior citizens in Orillia, and maybe someone will pay to get the cat out of the tree."
National Post
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I should point out that the newspaper article includes a photo of the cat in the tree. The cat looks just like SPENCER!! Spencer, what are you doing in Canada??? Just kidding... http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/wink.gif
Has anyone heard an update about whether the cat has been rescued or not? I thought one of the jobs of a city fire department was to use their hook & ladder trucks to rescue kitties from trees!
--Margaret
