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August 21, 2004

That Darned Cat!

Cats get stuck in the weirdest places. (Remember this?) Anyway...

From the Leicester Mercury (UK):


Shocked Martin Bailey could only watch in horror as firefighters knocked a hole through his new £25,000 extension - to rescue someone else's trapped cat.

Crews smashed their way through the wall at Mr Bailey's garage after they were alerted to the stuck cat by an RSPCA officer.

The cat had become wedged in a three-inch-wide gap between Mr Bailey's house on Coltbeck Avenue, Narborough, and the home of his next door neighbour.

Firemen used hammers and chisels to remove breeze-blocks and bricks from the wall to reach the cat.

Mr Bailey, 39, an engineer who does not keep pets, said: "It's only been up six months and it's got to come out.

"I suppose the main thing is that the cat is safe."

Firefighters think the cat had chased something into the gap. Leading firefighter Martin Tasker, 44, of Leicester's Western station, said: "Cats will often chase something down a gap and then they can't go backwards and get out."


I doubt that insurance covers this. I don't doubt that Bailey will NOT be leaving out a saucer of milk for this cat anytime soon. Ah well, at least the cat was rescued safely.

Posted by Jeff Soyer at August 21, 2004 08:12 AM
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