ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A cat caught on a utility pole in Allentown was rescued Wednesday afternoon.
In the car parking zone of Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living, a cat was discovered round midday on a giant utility pole by Julianna Rodrigues, the brand new Community Inclusion for Young Children Project Assistant and LIFE coach with the organization. The cat was later saved by a PPL lineman at about 5:30 p.m.
According to Rodrigues, the cat was first noticed by a coworker of hers round 11 a.m. on Tilghman and thirteenth streets, and recusing it was no simple work.
Rodrigues’s mother stayed within the car parking zone the entire afternoon, whereas each of them had been calling PPL and the Allentown Fire Department, solely to be instructed that getting the cat down can be too dangerous.
“We [also] had a few coworkers making an attempt to name the fireplace division, PPL and animal management,” Julianna stated, including that her mother was additionally a part of the collective effort to get the cat saved.
After the failed try and get the authorities to assist, Rodrigues posted to the Midway Manor Community Association on Facebook as a resident within the neighborhood, the place individuals rallied with solutions and recommendation on the best way to assist.
Comments poured into the group suggesting Rodrigues attain out to organizations such because the Lehigh Valley Humane Society for assist.
Finally, at 4:07 p.m. Bryan Cohen, an Allentown resident, obtained via to PPL and efficiently had PPL put a ticket in to assist rescue the cat.
“I do know it is a cat, nevertheless it’s a life too.”
Julianna Rodrigues, the brand new Community Inclusion for Young Children Project Assistant and LIFE coach with Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living
The rescue brought about a quick energy outage for space clients nevertheless it was restored proper after the duty was accomplished.
“We discovered his proprietor. The cat had jumped out the window this morning, and when PPL shut the electrical energy off, his proprietor got here to ask what it was about and to his shock, it was due to his cat!” Rodrigues stated after discovering that the cat belonged to a close-by resident.
The rescue was an enormous reduction to Rodrigues, as her mother had stayed within the car parking zone listening to the cat crying and meowing for an entire afternoon whereas she was trying and ready for help.
“I do know it is a cat, nevertheless it’s a life too,” she stated.
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Julianna Rodrigues
