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Make a sharp exit: House cat gets stuck 20ft up a giant cactus for THREE days ...
DailyMail ^
| November 12, 2011
| Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 11/12/2011 10:02:21 AM PST by algernonpj
Most cat owners will know how much a cat likes to explore.
But this brave feline probably took it a step too far and was stuck on top of a giant cactus for at least three days without food or water.
... the black and brown house cat managed to climb 20ft up.
Some experts claimed it would be far too dangerous to try and attempt to rescue the cat and firefighters said it would eventually come down on its own.
It seems they were right, because the moggy suddenly had a change of heart and decided to make its way down while being filmed by Fox9 TV crews.
Apart from a few sore paws, the cat appeared in good health.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: cactus; cat; kittyping; stuck
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Video at site.
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
11/12/2011 10:03:07 AM PST
by
algernonpj
(He who pays the piper . . .)
To: algernonpj
I know cats love heights but this is excessive!
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posted on
11/12/2011 10:05:15 AM PST
by
miss marmelstein
(Let's have a Cain Mutiny!)
To: algernonpj; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; asgardshill; ..
Ouchouchouchouchouchouchouch!
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posted on
11/12/2011 10:06:16 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
11/12/2011 10:11:21 AM PST
by
TruthConquers
(Delendae sunt publicae scholae)
To: TruthConquers
I’m hurting just looking at the pix.
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posted on
11/12/2011 10:13:05 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
11/12/2011 10:15:56 AM PST
by
siamesecats
(God closes one door, and opens another, to protect us.)
To: algernonpj
Would this classify the kitty as being ‘stuck up’?
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posted on
11/12/2011 10:20:20 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: algernonpj
I saw this on TV, and I have no clue how or why the kitteh got up there. The needles running up Saguaros are nasty!
BTW, “Fox 9?” It says “Fox 10” right on the pic.
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posted on
11/12/2011 10:27:31 AM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(Cain = National Sales Tax; Perry = Amnesty for Illegals; Romney = Obamacare forever. Who's left?)
To: algernonpj
Just backs up the old saw that “You’ll never see a dead cat up a tree”. Why? When he gets hungry enough he’ll come down...he’ll come down...Stevie666
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posted on
11/12/2011 10:47:40 AM PST
by
szweig
(HYHEY!! (Have You Had Enough Yet))
To: Cyber Liberty
I wonder if there is a satisfied dog nearby?
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posted on
11/12/2011 10:48:37 AM PST
by
stayathomemom
(Beware of kittens modifying your posts.)
To: algernonpj
One more good reason to have a dog.
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posted on
11/12/2011 10:54:27 AM PST
by
JakeS
(I have never had a flu shot and I have never had the flu.)
To: algernonpj
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posted on
11/12/2011 10:58:42 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: algernonpj
Are there Darwin Awards for pets?
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posted on
11/12/2011 11:08:37 AM PST
by
Boiling point
(Cain / Palin 2012)
To: Slings and Arrows
All's well that ends well. I hope that his owners were able to find and remove all the spines.
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posted on
11/12/2011 11:16:44 AM PST
by
TheOldLady
(FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
To: TheOldLady
My late JRT once ran through a patch of jumping cholla and came out with a piece embedded in her belly. Didn’t even slow her down, but scared the tar out of me. (A brief session with a pliers put everything right.)
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posted on
11/12/2011 11:22:19 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: algernonpj
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posted on
11/12/2011 11:24:27 AM PST
by
bgill
(The Obama administration is staging a coup. Wake up, America, before it's too late.)
To: Slings and Arrows
We just recently got a Jack Russel and they are amazing, pound for pound the toughest dog I’ve ever seen.
To: algernonpj
It needs a Cat Balloon, (great movie) or

Snoopy's brother spike!
To: Cyber Liberty
That cat was probably chased up. A German Shepherd chased my kitty up a chain link fence where he got stuck on top of a pole (about 15 feet up) for about an hour. When he finally got the nerve to come off the fence, he took off and hid for about 18 hours before he got the nerve to come back home.
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posted on
11/12/2011 11:53:08 AM PST
by
Explorer89
(And now, let the wild rumpus start!!)
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