...to rescue one little cat. Since fire departments no longer do cat in tree rescues, a whole bunch of kind folks came to the rescue of one in Clawson, Michigan. From the Daily Tribune:
Sturner said the cat had been up in the tree for more than a day. Clawson and Troy Fire Departments said they couldn't help, Sturner added."The cat was on a small branch touching the power line making it impossible for the cat to get down on her own," Sturner said.
Tamachaski, 34, said people at the site tried unsuccessfully to coax down the cat after first seeing it about 6 a.m. on Friday.
"I saw the tree service and asked if they would help," Tamachaski said. "Sure enough, they did. The cat is doing great."
But that wasn't the case at first.
"When I first grabbed it, it was in an ornery mood," Tamachaski said. "It was so freaked out. It was scared. It came to us. But once I grabbed it, I tried to put in carrier and it didn't want any part of it. Then it was very hungry."
Tamachaski said two tree crews showed up at the site. A worker with AAA McDonald Tree Service said he couldn't rescue the cat himself, so Tamachaski got into the hydraulic lift bucket.