Firefighter rescues a cat stuck in a tree in South Dakota
@Deepizzaguy (116449)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
May 11, 2024 3:30pm CST
A Rapid City Firefighter whose last name was Fyke answered an emergency call from the owner of a cat whose gender was not revealed who climbed a tree on Friday May 3 needed to be rescued by the firefighter.
Firefighter Fyke used a firefighter ladder to rescue the cat, bring him back to the ground and reunite the cat to its grateful owner of Friday evening.
I am sure that the cat was fleeing from a dog or another animal when the cat ran up the tree and needed help to come back to the ground since cats cannot climb down trees.
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@Deepizzaguy (116449)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12 May 24
I am in agreement with you.
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@RasmaSandra (91423)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 May 24
Silly kitty it will teach it not to climb so hight, I wonder what made it do that,
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@Deepizzaguy (116449)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12 May 24
Probably the cat was being chased by a dog.
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@Tampa_girl7 (53877)
• United States
11 May 24
That’s really good that the cat was rescued.
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@Deepizzaguy (116449)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
11 May 24
I am in agreement with you.
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@innertalks (23363)
• Australia
12 May 24
The cat seemed to be a long way up there. Let's hope that it was not after some bird's eggs in a nest, that it spied there.
Owners should really control their cats more, as this type of happening happens too often, and is an expensive exercise for the firemen to have to do, when they would rather be back at the depot, waiting for a real fire to happen.
@Deepizzaguy (116449)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12 May 24
You have a good there about the firefighters having to rescue cats at the same time a fire would break out.
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@Deepizzaguy (116449)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
11 May 24
Good point since my cat Burt climbed a tree when he was being chased by a dog.
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@LadyDuck (488247)
• Italy
13 May 24
@Deepizzaguy They do not realize they do not arrive to get down.
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@Deepizzaguy (116449)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
13 May 24
@LadyDuck You are right.
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@Deepizzaguy (116449)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12 May 24
That is true that cats are silly by climbing trees.
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@LindaOHio (207421)
• United States
12 May 24
I'm glad the cat was rescued. I'm always surprised that fire departments take time out for this.
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@Deepizzaguy (116449)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12 May 24
I know what you mean since some firefighters in smaller towns usually do not answer the emergency call to rescue which leads the owner of the cat to ask an animal rescue group to rescue the cat.
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