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Man Climbs 30-Foot Tree To Save Cat After Police Refuse To Help (Original Post) catbyte 5 hrs ago OP
4 days! Poor baby. 3catwoman3 3 hrs ago #1
This guy Duane Hook (see video) rescues cats that have been trapped for days at a time. He's amazing Hassin Bin Sober 2 hrs ago #4
I believe it is the Fire Department, not the police, who have the means to aid cats stuck in trees. They have Martin68 3 hrs ago #2
They usually won't help. Hassin Bin Sober 2 hrs ago #5
I just talked to my fire department. They will help, including going up the niyad 2 hrs ago #6
A welcome "good news" story for today! erronis 2 hrs ago #3

Hassin Bin Sober

(27,457 posts)
4. This guy Duane Hook (see video) rescues cats that have been trapped for days at a time. He's amazing
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 04:43 PM
2 hrs ago

It’s kind of hard to watch when you think about kittehs in trees scared and hungry. But he has all the ropes and skill to climb the trees.

His signature line “the cat’s in the bag!”

My friend had a cat run up a tree for a couple days. She called the fire department and they gave her the line “you never see a cat skeleton in a tree”

Duane Hook hates that saying as sometimes cats can’t get down and die or get taken by predators. Pity the fool who uses it on his page.

So anyway my friend found someone on Facebook to help. The cat lady from Facebook got stuck in the tree so the fire department had to rescue them both. Problem solved - you just need to get a human trapped with the cat.

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Martin68

(27,653 posts)
2. I believe it is the Fire Department, not the police, who have the means to aid cats stuck in trees. They have
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 04:14 PM
3 hrs ago

ladders!

Hassin Bin Sober

(27,457 posts)
5. They usually won't help.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 04:45 PM
2 hrs ago

The trick is, as I said upthread, is to get a human stuck up there with the cat. Then the fire department will come.

niyad

(132,138 posts)
6. I just talked to my fire department. They will help, including going up the
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 05:02 PM
2 hrs ago

tree as a last resort.

erronis

(23,761 posts)
3. A welcome "good news" story for today!
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 04:20 PM
2 hrs ago

Helps restore a bit of faith in humanity. (Takes a lot to wipe the stain of you-know-who.)

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