Kitten caught in tree in Queenstown refused to be rescued for 7 hours, whereabouts now unknown after efforts referred to as off at midnight

How many individuals does it take to avoid wasting a cat from a tree?

An adventurous little kitten someway discovered itself caught in a tree in Queenstown, and regardless of one of the best efforts of many well-intentioned people, resolutely evaded makes an attempt at its rescue for over seven hours on Mar. 21.

The record of organisations engaged to help included: two passers-by, an Animal & Veterinary Service staff, three Pest-Pro administration groups, in addition to a Royal Animal Rescue staff.

A hapless kitten

A passer-by, who goes by the username Alicia De Choco, posted concerning the caught kitten on the Lost and located pets in Singapore Facebook group.

At round 6pm on Thursday, she shared pictures of the hapless kitten with a name for assist.

It was discovered caught on a tree close to Queensway Shopping Centre, she mentioned.

The kitten was at the very least 2m off the bottom, judging by the picture and video taken.

“There are two uncles making an attempt to avoid wasting the kitten, however to no avail,” she despaired.

She additionally wrote: “How can we assist the kitten!”

Bringing within the consultants

At round 6:30pm, De Choco determined to escalate the matter to the authorities.

She approached the police positioned in shut proximity to Queensway Shopping Centre to attraction for assist.

Unfortunately, despite the fact that a staff was apparently dispatched, they later discovered that they didn’t have the best gear to execute a rescue.

She was given the identical response from the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), she mentioned.

In response to Mothership‘s queries, Aarthi Sankar, government director of SPCA, mentioned that the kitten had “climbed to a top that exceeded the affordances of [their] rescue gear”.

It was time to usher in the consultants.

Enter the AVS.

And then there have been 5

At 8:40pm, De Choco posted an optimistic-sounding update.

“The AVS officer got here and is rescuing the kitten!” she wrote.

But to the dismay of the people, the little kitten determined to climb even additional up the tree.

Still decided to convey the cat to security, the officer knowledgeable De Choco that he would name for backup.

Less than an hour later, the back-up arrived and set to work.

A entice was additionally set on the base of the tree in hopes that the little cat would come down for meals or water.

In complete, there have been now 5 completely different groups working to rescue the kitten, together with the AVS staff, Pest-Pro administration groups and the Royal Animal Rescue staff.

The give up

At 11:55pm, the people lastly conceded the battle.

While the AVS staff had contacted the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) for assist, they too had been unable to rescue the kitten.

“NParks talked about that we should always go away the kitten alone because it is perhaps overwhelmed and can climb even larger up,” De Choco wrote in resignation.

“Hopefully the kitten will come down by itself.”

At that time, the people had been there for at the very least six hours.

Mothership has contacted the SCDF for remark.

The loss

The subsequent day, De Choco posted one other update.

Both NParks and the Royal Animal Rescue groups had gone to test on the kitten on Mar. 22 morning.

But it was nowhere to be discovered.

“They consider the kitten might need come down by itself,” she wrote.

If that was the case, perhaps the kitten did not want rescuing in any case.