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TROUBLESOME cat stuck up a 65ft tree drew quite a crowd as eight firefighters
tried to rescue the forlorn feline.
Five-year-old
Narla, a cream and grey tortoiseshell, yesterday spent her fourth night stuck
up a large oak tree in Royal Navy Avenue, Keyham, despite a two-hour attempt by
specialist firefighters and RSPCA workers to free her.
Narla's
owner Tracey Bull said she last saw her mischievous moggy on Tuesday morning.
She
said: "I was told by a friend's son that Narla was stuck up a tree in
Royal Navy Avenue – it's a good 10 minute walk from my house.
"It's
awful to see her up there – she's crying. But she doesn't seem to have any
intention of coming down. I can't fault the RSPCA and the fire service, they
tried everything to get her down. I'm pretty confident they will rescue her
today."
Eight
firefighters from Camel's Head specialist rescue team were called to the
incident at around 2pm yesterday.
Watch
manager Nigel Toms said: "We unfortunately reached a point where it became
unsafe to go on, so with the help of the RSPCA we put some blankets and food
lower down the tree to entice Narla out. She is a very nervous cat and we
seemed to attract quite a lot of attention today and because of the noise Narla
wouldn't play ball. Eight firefighters does sound a lot but we need that many
for safety reasons."
RSPCA
Inspector Beccy Wadey, who was also at the scene yesterday, said Narla looked
to be in good condition and was mobile. She said: "Yesterday afternoon we
left blankets and wet food for Narla slightly lower down in the tree in an
attempt to get her to come down. Narla has gone right to the end of a branch
and it has not yet been possible to get her down. Eventually cats tend to come
down of their own accord, but sometimes it does take them a while to work it
out. We will re-attempt to free her today."
As
The Herald went to press Tracey, Narla's owner, said her beloved cat was safely
curled up on the blankets left for her by the RSPCA and firefighters.
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