Kitty up a tree!

I never get tired of watching cat rescues. The Canopy Cat Rescue guys are my heroes.

Kitties in the trees

Another rescue from the good guys at Canopy Cat Rescue.

Strawberry cat

                             Rescuing Strawberry.

Kitty up a tree (come rescue me!)

These rescued kitties all look alike - hugely dilated pupils, whiskers at full span, ears tensed, and they all meow in that "help me, help me!" way. 

Pete

                          PETE!!!

Up a tree, in the dark

Kitty rescued in the middle of the night by Canopy Cat Rescue.

Cat rescue: whiskers in the night!

 

The living saints at Canopy Cat Rescue have done it again, beguiling a scared little tuxedo (with white whiskers to die for) out of a high and scary place. I made these gifs out of a video that didn't quite fit my screen, and it's too bad they don't have sound, because the miaaaawwwws are plaintive and beseeching: translated, they'd say, "Get me the fxxx DOWN from here!"

Rescuing Cats From Super Tall Trees

These two guys are my heroes! They're arborists (we used to call them tree surgeons) who have a sideline which is fast becoming a specialty: rescuing cats stuck in trees. The plaintive meowing of these poor little creatures is pathetic to hear, but the reunions with anxious owners is gratifying. They used to be on a show called Treetop Cat Rescue which was on Animal Planet, but they only made about eight episodes (which I keep watching, whenever I need to remind myself that there is MORE to life and the world than the direness, misery and hate we all see on the news every day).

Don't look down!

I LOVE watching these guys rescue cats. They are so patient with them and wait until the cat is relaxed and trusts them before scooping them up or "scruffing" them and getting them into the bag. This little calico, "prettiest kitty from the city", spends a long time strutting along the "catwalk" before allowing herself to be taken down. I love watching these because the distance to the ground is quite harrowing. It just warms my heart that anyone would go to these lengths to get a cat down from a tree.

Kitty up a tree: animation

Sweet-faced kitty in a tree

Cat rescue: hey, Boo

Cat rescue: scared little kitty

Cat rescue: big Nicky!

Treetop Cat Rescue was THE BEST TV show I ever saw, in my life, and it was only on for about 8 weeks. But we still have lots of videos of these Two Great Guys Rescuing Cats. They take wonderful videos and even better still pictures of their subjects, whom they obviously love.

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Cat rescue: the Unknown Kitty