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How do you get a cat off a power pole?
"Lesley" wrote in message ... A friend who does feral rescue swears by a tin of sardines to attract a cats interest Well, yes, it does because they are usually hungry. I tried to catch Boyfie in my borrowed cat trap with these when he was still too scared to enter the house. He was clever enough to put his paw over the treadle which would have caused the door to come down, and scoop the sardines up. He must have known I intended he would go to the cat shelter if I'd caught him then. I so did not want another cat. |
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How do you get a cat off a power pole?
"Candace" wrote in message ... On Jan 10, 3:29 pm, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Sherry" wrote in message ... On Jan 10, 1:13 pm, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Candace" wrote in message In the UK we would call out the fire service for this, and they would rescue the cat. Can you do this in the USA? Tweed- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Each fire department in each individual city has its own policies. It would just depend on what those policies are. In a small town like this one, they'd do it because they're just nice guys and there's no city ordinance that would prevent them from doing so. It sounds like in Candance's case, the complication was that it was an electric pole. I don't think that fact would make much difference here. I am fairly certain the cat would be rescued no matter how dangerous and difficult here. Brits are famously fond of animals and our emergency services will go to all lengths to save them. If Boyfie was up a tree for 24 hours they would not come. If he was up there after 48 hours they would put a ladder up and get him down. Tweed When I was 10, a long time ago, we had just moved to a 2 story house in Indianapolis, IN, and our cat (everyone's cats were pretty much indoor/outdoor back then) somehow climbed this really high chimney. She couldn't have just jumped to it from the roof. It was all brick, of course, so we have no idea how she climbed the bricks. The Fire Dept. came right away and got her down--put their ladders all the way up and a guy in a plastic raincoat climbed up and got her while we watched terrified from below. It's a good thing he had the plastic coat on, if you know what I mean. She never went up the chimney again although she still loved going on the roof and scratching at these dormer windows in my parents' bedroom to get in around 2am. I imagine if the cat had been stuck in really high tree or on top of a building that the Humane Society would have come but I don't think the Fire Dept. does that here--unless, maybe, the Humane Society asks them. Everything seems to have to go through the proper channels here and a lot of red tape. If your horse has got itself stuck in a ditch you can call out the Fire Brigade here and they will hoist it out somehow. They will dig out a terrier which has stuck itself down a hole for days. They are brilliant. Tweed |
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How do you get a cat off a power pole?
"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Sherry" wrote in message ... On Jan 10, 1:13 pm, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Candace" wrote in message In the UK we would call out the fire service for this, and they would rescue the cat. Can you do this in the USA? Tweed- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Each fire department in each individual city has its own policies. It would just depend on what those policies are. In a small town like this one, they'd do it because they're just nice guys and there's no city ordinance that would prevent them from doing so. It sounds like in Candance's case, the complication was that it was an electric pole. I don't think that fact would make much difference here. I am fairly certain the cat would be rescued no matter how dangerous and difficult here. Brits are famously fond of animals and our emergency services will go to all lengths to save them. If Boyfie was up a tree for 24 hours they would not come. If he was up there after 48 hours they would put a ladder up and get him down. It really can become a problem. Just how far do you go in putting a person at risk for an animal. Especially if the animal is likely a stray and likely to be put down for want of a home after it is rescued. Then you get the whole liability of who pays the bills if a firefighter is injured. And who else might be hurt or lose their property if he can't do his job. I think I liked the world better when firemen rescued kittens as a matter of course. Jo |
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How do you get a cat off a power pole?
On Jan 9, 8:38*pm, Candace wrote:
There is an old Irish expression: No cat ever starved in a tree. Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
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How do you get a cat off a power pole?
"Jofirey" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Sherry" wrote in message ... On Jan 10, 1:13 pm, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Candace" wrote in message In the UK we would call out the fire service for this, and they would rescue the cat. Can you do this in the USA? Tweed- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Each fire department in each individual city has its own policies. It would just depend on what those policies are. In a small town like this one, they'd do it because they're just nice guys and there's no city ordinance that would prevent them from doing so. It sounds like in Candance's case, the complication was that it was an electric pole. I don't think that fact would make much difference here. I am fairly certain the cat would be rescued no matter how dangerous and difficult here. Brits are famously fond of animals and our emergency services will go to all lengths to save them. If Boyfie was up a tree for 24 hours they would not come. If he was up there after 48 hours they would put a ladder up and get him down. It really can become a problem. Just how far do you go in putting a person at risk for an animal. Especially if the animal is likely a stray and likely to be put down for want of a home after it is rescued. Then you get the whole liability of who pays the bills if a firefighter is injured. And who else might be hurt or lose their property if he can't do his job. We don't seem to worry about that here. Firefighters will also come out happily to dig out a terrier that has got itself stuck down a hole after a rabbit and can't get out. I think I liked the world better when firemen rescued kittens as a matter of course. They still do here. Horses or cows stuck in ditches, pigs fallen down a well, cats stuck up trees, they will always come. No hesitation. Tweed |
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How do you get a cat off a power pole?
On Jan 10, 7:28*pm, " wrote:
On Jan 9, 8:38*pm, Candace wrote: There is an old Irish expression: No cat ever starved in a tree. Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA "No cat ever starved to death in a tree" is a pretty interesting expression. I wonder how else it can be applied. |
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How do you get a cat off a power pole?
"Christina Websell" wrote in
: Then you get the whole liability of who pays the bills if a firefighter is injured. And who else might be hurt or lose their property if he can't do his job. We don't seem to worry about that here. Firefighters will also come out happily to dig out a terrier that has got itself stuck down a hole after a rabbit and can't get out. I think I liked the world better when firemen rescued kittens as a matter of course. They still do here. Horses or cows stuck in ditches, pigs fallen down a well, cats stuck up trees, they will always come. No hesitation. Firemen take that job because they're service-oriented people who wanted to be firemen all their lives. They don't tend to take the job because they like sitting around the station playing cards. Any excuse to take the truck out is a good one, and if they can make someone's life better from it, all the better. Only the bean-counters worried about lawsuits are gonna keep them away from the "fun". |
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How do you get a cat off a power pole?
"ScratchMonkey" wrote in message . .. "Christina Websell" wrote in : Then you get the whole liability of who pays the bills if a firefighter is injured. And who else might be hurt or lose their property if he can't do his job. We don't seem to worry about that here. Firefighters will also come out happily to dig out a terrier that has got itself stuck down a hole after a rabbit and can't get out. I think I liked the world better when firemen rescued kittens as a matter of course. They still do here. Horses or cows stuck in ditches, pigs fallen down a well, cats stuck up trees, they will always come. No hesitation. Firemen take that job because they're service-oriented people who wanted to be firemen all their lives. They don't tend to take the job because they like sitting around the station playing cards. Any excuse to take the truck out is a good one, and if they can make someone's life better from it, all the better. Only the bean-counters worried about lawsuits are gonna keep them away from the "fun". You are right. There is not a fire every day or a bad traffic accident where they have to cut people out of their vehicles so why not go out to an animal in trouble? They seem to like doing it. Tweed |
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