![]() "Velveeta that is the name Papa calls Violet, my cat." I called my four-year-old granddaughter in Tucson. Now what? I couldn't just let her loose, or turn her Iįound out that in the country near farms, cats are a dime a dozen. The morning I walked around with her asking if any neighbor lost a cat. By the middle of the night she was in my bed. We are going to travel.ĭown on a small blanket. What can I name her? No, don't think like that. I picked her up,Īnd sat down on the kitchen chair. The milk and nibbling at the cheese, she tugged at my robe. Opening the refrigerator, I took out some milk and cheese. Now what do kittens eat? She probably is no more then two months old. Holding her with one arm, I looked around the kitchen. As she cuddled up into my arms I thought, thisĭarling little thing scared the daylights out of me. I burst into laughter as I picked up a cute Slowly I opened the back door, despite my misgivings. It wasn't very nice of him to leave me aloneĪgain. Husband, Sam, getting back from his bike trip? I am a city girl, in theĬountry only a couple of weeks. I awoke in the middle of the night, and looked out the window. Will and Guy are privileged at being able to publish the following trueĬharlene Wexler. 'twitchers' have detoured from their bird watching vigils on the nearby Norfolk Broads to observe Mrs Hobbs cat's nest. Ornithologists say they have never seen the phenomenon of a cat nest before. Miss Hobbs, an animal lover, is keen to return the moggy to its rightful owners. Previously theįeline had been seen travelling on the milkman's After it's meal it climbs back into the tree. ![]() Hobbs, in whose garden the cat is living, feeds the animal regularly when it comes down to terra firma. The tortoiseshell cat, pictured, has been there for a week or so. The Daily Mail reports a true story about a cat who has made itself a home in a pigeon's nest up a cherry tree in Reepham, Norfolk, England. Last night the whereabouts and welfare of the cat was unknown. Has resulted in an excessive and costly response." "Of course we want firemen to be safe, but health and safety and red tape ![]() Spokesman added: "It's almost laughable but wasting resources is bad newsįor taxpayers and others who might have needed to be rescued, so it's not The Taxpayers Alliance called the fire brigade's response "ridiculous". Our case that we need more people to make sure we have enough cover to cope Teams to have been sent out to the incident before adding: "It strengthens Mr Vingoe did say however that it was "crazy" and an "overkill" for five "We would end up having to rescue them as "If a kitty is stuck on a roof, there is a chance the owner could getĭistressed and try to rescue it themselves," said Andy Vingoe, the Suffolkīranch chairman of the union. Andy Vingoe, the Suffolk branch chairman of the union,Īdded that cats stuck on roofs could also lead to human distress. Rules dictated that for rescues at such a height specialist crews should be The Fire Brigades Union defended the operation, saying health and safety Said: "It was perfectly fine as far as I could tell. However the tabby ignored its would-be rescuers and, according to MsĬosgrove, "jumped down of its own accord". The result was five appliances and over 20 were sent to rescue the cat. ![]() And the local crew from Leiston fire station, If that was not enough, they also sent a turntable ladderĬrew and support applicance were both sent from Bury St Edmunds, nearly 60 "working at height" teams from Felixstowe, 30 miles away, and Bungay, 20 However, when the RSPCA confirmed that the feline was Of a house so she dialled the emergency number 999 and asked for the fireĪt first the fire brigade did not attended but recommend Ms SaundersĬontact the RSPCA. ![]() Teresa Saunders heard the shrieking of a tortoise-shell tabby from the roof This true cat story unfolded in April 2011 at Leiston, Suffolk, England. 'You can't come up with a nicer ending than that. 'Some kids helped us bring the cat back, and a man said he wouldĪdopt the cat right on the spot,' Speirs added. 'As soon as the moggie landed it jumped out and ran into the woods,' Speirs reported to the New York Daily News. The cat had previously ignored people who banged cans of cat food and climbed ladders that proved to be just out of reach. Who was among about 50 people assembled beneath the willow tree. 'Everyone was cheering,' said artist and animal rescuer Greg Speirs, Locals held an outstretched sheet and made the catch as the cat, soaked and hungry but unharmed, was hosed out of the tree by fire fighters last week in Yonkers, New A frightened feline that was lodged in a tall tree for a week, was finally hosed to ![]()
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