A dozen firefighters help rescue cat from tree

Getting a kitten can be an exciting experience for families. These little creatures have the potential to create endless hours of amusement and their affectionate nature also makes them ideal pets. However, when they are young it can be difficult to control them. As well as being careful when it comes to their pet diet, it is also vital that owners mitigate the risks of them getting lost or into other types of danger.

Illustrating this point recently, a kitten living in London got itself stuck high up a tree and a major rescue effort was required to bring it down.

The 13-week-old cat, named Cleo, was in the tree for a total of 30 hours. Fire crews were alerted to the incident, which was unfolding in the front garden of the family's home in St Helier, a residential estate spanning the boroughs of Merton and Sutton.

Owner Zara McIntosh called the emergency services after realising her pet could not get down from the 50-foot tree. As part of the operation to remove it, firefighters had to seal off the road from traffic.

Ms McIntosh said: "We were doing the gardening on Friday morning when our two cats, Cleo and Figaro, both went up the tree but Cleo wouldn't come down. We tried everything, including coaxing it down with microwaved cat food so she would pick up the smell, but nothing was going to tempt her."

She added that their four-year-old son was upset by the events.

In the end, it was firefighters from Wimbledon who arrived with a cherry picker-style hydraulic device who successfully removed the frightened animal from its spot at the top of the tree.

Ms McIntosh was advised to put wire mesh around the bottom of the tree so similar incidents do not happen in the future.

When people take kittens on, it is often necessary for them to receive advice about how to care for them, including what sort of pet diet to feed them.
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