'CAT STUCK IN A TREE'

Kathy from Millbury MA -

Just to let all you know that CATS DO DIE In Trees. The skeletons are not found, since they fall down when they DIE. I find that whole skeleton thing DISGUSTING. There is nothing FUNNY about someone's CAT in my Tree for 9 DAYS and NO ONE WILL COME/HELP. My Town, ASPCA, MSPCA, Humane Society, Animal Rescus League REFUSED TO HELP/COME & most said SHE'LL COME DOWN. My Town even called the NEW Animal Control Officer that wasn't even on the JOB YET...he said same-when her hunger overcomes her fear, she'll come down. But if she's distressed, stuck, hurt - he'll come. DAH, I would call not eating/drinking for 7 days (at that point) DISTRESSED! We buried this poor BUGGER when whe fell out of the tree DEAD & STIFF with a nice stone and flowers (I have a big yard)! JUST WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH ALL THESE GROUPS WITH ALL THEIR DOUGH (PETA the evilest of all)??? Sorry, but their AGENDA is mostly to HURT THE SPORTSMAN & Certainly, NOT TO CURE CANCER.....

Comment #1 catherine kemppinen (68.18.161.159) -

My cat Sophie has been stuck in a tree now for 4 days. We have called everyone you can thnk of calling, Humane Society, Fire Dept ( they don't help in this way any longer), Animal Rescue, Animal Control, Tree services, etc. I am totally distressed and feel completely helpless as I feel I am waiting for her to die. Neighbors have tried to help by encouraging her but she is so afraid and I feel there is absolutely nothing I can do. If anyone out there has any other suggestions PLEASE let me know. She is too high up for any ladder to reach. The tree she is in has few limbs and is a very small tree which makes it literally impossibly to even try and climb. She is one of the best cats I have ever had and feel that she knows she is going to die which tears me apart. I just can't believe that any of the agencies we have called that have anything to do with caring for animals can't do anything.

Thanks for letting me comment.

Catherine

Comment #2 elizabeth (68.98.133.78) -

do not believe what you hear the animal will not come down when its hungry becuase its scared out of its mind and the longer you wait to attempt to rescue it the more distressed it gets. no food, water or toys will tempt it to come down, the only way that you can hope to get your animal back home to safety is not to call the animal rescue's, humane soceity's, or fire departments but to call a tree climber. just today our family parrot flew into a tree and was over 90 feet in the air and every where we called for help we got the same answer, they couldnt help us. so finally by the grace of god we happened to bump into a proffesional tree climber who agreed to climb up into the tree and rescue our baby, and he did all of this in just 40 minutes out of the 8 hours that we had been attempting in vain to get him out of the tree. it was incredible and we are so thankful because we were convinced that we would never see our beloved parrot back. so please, please, please if your animal is stuck up in a tree dont go on the word of the humane soceitys, fnd a tree climber near you and get your animal out of the tree before its to late.

Comment #3 brat02026 from MA -

I'm not sure what she's talking about saying the Animal Rescue League of Boston wouldn't come and help..., it's quite a frequent call they do a year...about 150 of them. However, if Kathy from Millbury, MA called The ARL of Worcester..., the two are NOT connected. They are seperate humane societies. I am sorry that KfM, got the shaft. I know for a fact that the call didn't come through the call log. The calls are also recorded. The only call I remember doing that day was in Quincy, MA. It involved an extremely vined tree complete with a raccoon family. Ugh.

Unfortunately, I have seen dead cats in trees. I have seen them up for as long as 18 days...only because no one knew who to call. I have also seen them literally stuck in the 'V's' of the tree. Again, for Kathy from Millbury, MA. I am sorry for her loss.

While I know that most humane societies do not handle these calls because they're not trained as treeclimbers or just plain don't have the equipment, I hope that they would have numbers for trained tree climbers. I know that police or most fire departments, even animal control officers won't or can't help (union rules), it's also very much true that they don't have animal handling experience or get rabies vaccinations (Police and fire). So if they get bitten, it's an health issue. I know this varies by state. Most fire and police departments are usually busy handling human rescues. That's their priority. While I can't truly speak for them, I can only explain a bit for purposes of understanding.

Comment #4 brat02026 from MA -

Birds are bit trickier, mostly because they are flighted. Even if you can climb the tree that they're on..., doesn't mean that the bird will not take off to a new spot. You cannot chase the bird tree to tree..., usually other plans are devised if that is the case. I've had good success but I think it's mostly situational...not because of anything we did personally. Except maybe one. I had a kid call me from a tree with his bird...he and his bird were both stuck. It was interesting to say the least. Both did come down with me.

Comment #5 Kristoffer (71.91.117.5) - Tue May 13 22:53:41 2008

There are qualified people that will come and rescue cats in a tree. Arborist are great resources for cat in a tree rescue . They have the training and equipment to safeyl access the tree and bring your feline back to the ground. Here is a website of arborist and qualified tree climbers willing to rescue.

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