The first phrases Mona Moore Stamper stated when she referred to as Horry County Fire Rescue’s non-emergency line was, “This is not a prank. Do you still get cats out of trees?”
Apparently, they do.
And for Stamper, it was the purr-fect resolution to getting her cat Foxy again protected.
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Horry County fireplace crews responded to Stamper’s Little River home about 8:30 a.m. Monday with a ladder and “kitten mittens” able to retrieve the cat.
Foxy, an inside cat, had gotten out of the home on Sunday. Stamper regarded for the cat, shaking a bag of cat meals to get him to come back. But when she heard “Mrrowww, mrroww,” she regarded up and noticed the cat had climbed up the tall tree, Stamper stated.
And whereas he managed to rise up the tree, he couldn’t work out methods to get again down, she stated.
Stamper stated she spent all night time going again to the tree to verify on the cat. She even went to her roof, shaking a bag of cat meals to attempt to get him to come back down. “I was just getting no where,” Stamper stated.
Stamper took video of the rescue. She might be heard shaking a bag of cat meals and attempting to coax the cat down. She additionally tells firefighters, “I didn’t even know you guys did this, thank you.”
But when requested if firefighters nonetheless rescue cats, spokesperson Tony Casey responded by textual content, “Absolutely.”
There isn’t a precise variety of what number of cat-stuck-in-tree calls the Horry County Fire Rescue has responded to, however Casey stated that crews obtain about one each two months on common.
Stamper stated when the fireman reached for Foxy, he simply relaxed in his arms.
“They were just so nice and so considerate,” Stamper stated. “I felt bad. I felt like an idiot calling the fire department.”
Foxy is an older cat and a rescue. Stamper has had him for a few years now, she stated.
Stamper is glad the firemen have been capable of get Foxy down, crediting them with being so sort.
“They were very caring with the cat,” she stated. “They took their time and talked to the cat.”
I didn’t eleven know you guys did this.This is just not a prank. Do you continue to get cats out of tree.Inside cat. Birthday occasion, some youngsters going out and in. The cat ran out.Stray cat.Tried to shake the cat meals bag, Mrrowww, regarded up and he was on this tall tree.Spent all night time going again out to this tree. Step ladder wsn’t tall sufficient.Left him on the market. He may simply inform he didn’t know methods to get down” Wanted to come back down head first as a substitute of backside first.Older cat.Went as much as my roof. I used to be simply gettin no the place.”Birds weren’t completely satisfied. Going by and nipping at him. Started to rain.Any different emergency.When fireman reached for him, he caught.He relaxed in his arm.They have been simply so good and so thoughtful. They didn’t make me really feel … I felt unhealthy. I felt like an fool.” calling the hearth division.Foxy. Rescue cat. Had a pair years now.Happened Sunday they usually rescued Monday.They have been very caring with the cat. They took their time and talked to the cat.Mona Moore Stamper
