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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
Mon Aug 31, 2015, 04:51 PM Aug 2015

woman requires helicopter rescue from trying to save her kitten. kitten gets home without help

A 51-year-old woman sprained her ankle trying to retrieve her kitten from a steep slope behind her Silverado Canyon home Monday and needed to be rescued herself by firefighters aboard a helicopter.

The woman scrambled up a ridge about 8 a.m. to help get a newly adopted kitten down from behind her home in the 14900 block of Kitterman Drive, according to Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Steve Concialdi.

The woman, whose name was not immediately released, got to the top of the ridge. But when she started to try to get down, without the cat, she slid about 50 feet, twisting her ankle and suffered bumps, bruises and cuts, Concialdi said.

A firefighter rappelled down to her from a helicopter, the captain said. With ropes, the firefighter and woman were pulled onto the aircraft, which flew them to safety, Concialdi said.

The woman declined to be taken to a hospital, so firefighters drove her home.

“The kitty made its way back down by itself,” Concialdi said. “That’s why we say if a cat gets stuck in a tree or a roof, just put some food down on the ground and when the cat is hungry, it will come back down.

http://mynewsla.com/orange-county/2015/08/31/woman-suffers-sprained-ankle-while-saving-kitten-rescued-by-ocfa/?google_editors_picks=true

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woman requires helicopter rescue from trying to save her kitten. kitten gets home without help (Original Post) Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 OP
Now that's some kitty love! MoonRiver Aug 2015 #1
Wait till she gets that helicopter bill. n/t dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #2
I have never seen a kitty skeleton in a tree, food wins. Nice lady. nt Mnemosyne Aug 2015 #3
"Kitty skeleton in a tree." johnp3907 Aug 2015 #4
My new favorite band and song! Generic Other Aug 2015 #6
I remember the story about that bike. Snobblevitch Sep 2015 #20
It works, John! lol nt Mnemosyne Sep 2015 #13
That is because after they die, the body falls out of the tree and a scavenger carries it off. uppityperson Aug 2015 #8
I had not considered that for some reason, uppity. There goes that theory... :) nt Mnemosyne Sep 2015 #14
True, but I once found a squirrel skeleton in a tree csziggy Aug 2015 #12
Shrikes are quite interesting birds! Thanks for the education, csziggy! nt Mnemosyne Sep 2015 #15
I hope she gets a bill for the rescue. Snobblevitch Aug 2015 #5
Wow, how GOP of you. nt Logical Aug 2015 #10
Why..she was trying to rescue the cat. trumad Aug 2015 #11
It was a dangerous and stupid thing for her to do. Snobblevitch Sep 2015 #19
That sounds almost like a Hillbilly Bears episode Art_from_Ark Aug 2015 #7
A de-clawed cat cannot climb down. HubertHeaver Aug 2015 #9
OK, but if the cat was de-clawed... GReedDiamond Sep 2015 #16
A cat can climb quite well with its rear-foot claws only. HubertHeaver Sep 2015 #17
OK, did not ever hear about that, and I've had cats since the early '60s... GReedDiamond Sep 2015 #18

johnp3907

(3,723 posts)
4. "Kitty skeleton in a tree."
Mon Aug 31, 2015, 05:23 PM
Aug 2015

I want to start a Death Metal band just so we can have a song by that title!

Snobblevitch

(1,958 posts)
20. I remember the story about that bike.
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 12:08 PM
Sep 2015

The kid left it in the woods on purpose because he hated that bicycle.

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
12. True, but I once found a squirrel skeleton in a tree
Mon Aug 31, 2015, 10:12 PM
Aug 2015

The remains of the body, mostly skeleton and skin, were impaled on the end of a branch. I suspect it was a shrike kill. They are known as "butcher birds" since in some places they will impale small rodents on branches and fences to hold them in place as they devour them.

Shrikes are known for their habit of catching insects and small vertebrates and impaling their bodies on thorns, the spikes on barbed-wire fences or any available sharp point. This helps them to tear the flesh into smaller, more conveniently-sized fragments, and serves as a cache so that the shrike can return to the uneaten portions at a later time.[2] This same behavior of impaling insects serves as an adaptation to eating the toxic lubber grasshopper, Romalea guttata. The bird waits for 1–2 days for the toxins within the grasshopper to degrade, and then can eat it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrike#Behaviour

Snobblevitch

(1,958 posts)
19. It was a dangerous and stupid thing for her to do.
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 12:07 PM
Sep 2015

I've read many of these stories in which a person thinks the cat needs to be rescued. The cat returns on their own just fine and the person either needs to be rescued or is seriously injured.

I have read stories about how the owner of a dog goes out on thin ice to 'save' their dog. They break through the ice and die of hypothermia and the dog makes it to shore safely. I'm not saying the pets should be abandoned, but the rescue attempt should be pursued with some thought.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
7. That sounds almost like a Hillbilly Bears episode
Mon Aug 31, 2015, 07:37 PM
Aug 2015

where Ma's canary flies away and Pa risks life and limb chasing after it, only to have the canary return home on its own while Pa returns hours later a bandaged wreck.

HubertHeaver

(2,520 posts)
9. A de-clawed cat cannot climb down.
Mon Aug 31, 2015, 08:36 PM
Aug 2015

This cat probably not de-clawed. My point is food does not necessarily win.

GReedDiamond

(5,299 posts)
16. OK, but if the cat was de-clawed...
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 03:05 AM
Sep 2015

...how did it get up whatever it was up, before it tried to come down?

It's sort of a chicken/egg type of question.

HubertHeaver

(2,520 posts)
17. A cat can climb quite well with its rear-foot claws only.
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 03:16 AM
Sep 2015

Its when they turn around to come down they get in trouble.

GReedDiamond

(5,299 posts)
18. OK, did not ever hear about that, and I've had cats since the early '60s...
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 03:24 AM
Sep 2015

...thanks for the info.

Of course, none of my outdoor (or indoor) cats have been de-clawed, so hard for me to tell, either way.

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