Japanese firefighters cut down tree to rescue stranded cat
February 26th, 2009 by James
When one thinks of firefighters rescuing cats that get stuck in trees, one usually imagines that they would make use of their extra-tall ladders. That was not the case in Okinawa yesterday, where firefighters were summoned to rescue a cat that had been stranded at the top of a 15-meter tree for four days.
The firefighters first attached ropes to the tree and tugged them back and forth to shake the cat out of the tree. When this failed, they whipped out a chainsaw and cut down the tree:
The top of the tree came tumbling down with the poor cat still clinging to its branches. But don’t worry, children, the cat was “safe” (and has since been hospitalized for a broken leg).
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And in a related news story, Okinawan fishermen show tourists how to go fishing with dynamite.
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The tree’s a living organism too, isn’t it?
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The poor cat not only has a broken leg – it has to live out its remaining eight lives with the guilt of knowing its mindless actions led to the destruction of a fine tree.
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Don’t they have cherry pickers in Japan?
What a waste of a tree.
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geez, they wasted a perfectly fine tree and could have saved the cat without having its leg broken.
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ROTFL. hate to say this, but this is evidence of a much larger problem in Japan. that is, symptoms of an issue are always treated, but the _cause_ of an issue is never found or treated.
wonder if they think this was エコー or ネコー. sorry for the pun…
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I agree with gadgetfanatic. What a cretinous bunch of morons – hope I never need rescuing in Okinawa.
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Cut off an arm to cure a hangnail, I always say.
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Huh? Are you saying that they should have investigated why a cat climbed a tree?
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shotgun!
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what a complete waste of a tree. It’s like trying to catch a fish by removing all the water…
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It is a waste of a tree.
But, c’mon, at least they saved most of the cat relatively unharmed.
And they used a freakin’ chainsaw. How cool is that!
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Okay, maybe not, but still, everything’s fine now.
How often do you hear about a cat being stuck in a tree?
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Wonder if they bothered to try some more orthodox methods like putting some food at the base of the tree and then leave.
I’d like to see the effects of the shotgun method. Can cats get Post traumatic stress syndrome? Or how about BB guns. Aim for tip of the tail!
Think i’m confusing how to piss off a cat with how to get a cat down from a tree.
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whahahha. nice what if the cat climbed another tree again? call lumberjacks to clean the trees? rofl
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How dumb can you get. Any tree a cat can climb up, it can climb down – just give it enough time.
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Dumb cat.
Poor tree.
Poor cat.
Dumb firefighters.
’nuff said.
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