Vince and Duncan Brady, from the aptly-named Garden Rescue Tree Services, quit their time to come to the help of one-year-old Steve, after he was chased after up the tree by a dog in a coppice not far from his home in Ashurst, Skelmersdale.
Owners Ian and Tina Barry had actually invested all thath time attempting to coax him down, to no get, and chose to call the RSPCA for help.
Animal rescue officer Johnny Brooks got to the scene and discovered Vince and Duncan parked close by. The daddy and child group informed him they had actually become aware of Steve’s predicament and wished to see if they might help.
Using expert equipment, Duncan had the ability to reach Steve and handled to coax him to come close enough to capture, prior to bringing him pull back in a rock bag. The rescue, on 26 April, took control of two-and-a-half hours.
Johnny said: “Steve had spent three nights and two days stuck in the tree and there was no way he was going to come down by himself, especially as some of the branches were quite brittle and making it more difficult for him.
“Even the fire brigade would not have been able to reach him on this occasion – so we’re really grateful to Vince and Duncan who were only too happy to help and kindly donated their time and expertise with what turned out to be quite a long and tricky operation.
“Steve was understandably frightened – he was clinging to the edge of a branch which was bending over with his weight – but once he was safely down I checked him over and he was thankfully uninjured and returned to his very relieved owners.”
The RSPCA motivates owners to attempt and offer their cats adequate time – generally 24 hr – to come below trees by themselves by attempting to lure them with stinky treats or by warming food a little to increase its smell.
It’s frequently the case that they’re not really caught, however afraid or uncertain and they frequently figure it out and wind up making their own method down.
Every job is various though and it will depend upon the age and health of the cat, whether it’s hurt or physically captured in something and the climate condition at the time. If rescue is tried too early, cats will often go higher or they might leap from tree to tree and put themselves at more threat of falling.
