*Shrug* It’s Been Done
The folks in Yonkers, New York have come up with what they thought was a novel way to get cats out of trees. Blast them with a high-pressure fire hose.
A fearful feline that was stuck in a tree for a week, clinging to branches several stories high, was finally blasted to safety with a high-pressure fire hose.
Volunteers with an outstretched sheet made the save as the cat — soaked and hungry but unharmed — was hosed out of the tree by firefighters Sunday night.
"Everyone was cheering," said artist and animal rescuer Greg Speirs, who was among about 50 people assembled beneath the willow tree.
The cat was unharmed. But we kind of hate to have to tell the folks in Yonkers this, but this is not even close to being a new idea:
