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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. Thats 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
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Glad they both made it home safe and sound!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)johnp3907
(3,723 posts)I want to start a Death Metal band just so we can have a song by that title!
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Snobblevitch
(1,958 posts)The kid left it in the woods on purpose because he hated that bicycle.
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)uppityperson
(115,674 posts)Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)csziggy
(34,120 posts)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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrike#Behaviour
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)Snobblevitch
(1,958 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)trumad
(41,692 posts)Snobblevitch
(1,958 posts)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)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)This cat probably not de-clawed. My point is food does not necessarily win.
GReedDiamond
(5,299 posts)...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)Its when they turn around to come down they get in trouble.
GReedDiamond
(5,299 posts)...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.