Here kitty kitty: Complete with ropes, a ladder and even tarpaulin, a team of firefighters work out how to get Tinkerbell down from a treeIt's said that cats have nine lives, but this little scaredy cat had nine life savers.
This is the moment that Tinkerbell the kitten was rescued by the team of nine firemen after she had been stuck 60ft up a tree for three days.
Timid Tinkerbell scrambled up the tree after being startled by a dog in Worlebury Woods near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.
Purr-fect rescue: Tinkerbell, moments before she leapt onto a waiting fire-fighter's shoulderDespite repeated attempts owner Sophie Clarkson, 18, failed to coax her cat down with treats and Tinkerbell refused to budge from the fragile, rotting tree.
Sophie, a student, called in the RSPCA who, in turn, alerted the fire brigade.
A fully-manned pump was sent to the wood and all nine fire-fighters pitched in hoisting extra long ladders to reach one-year-old Tinkerbell.
Sophie said: 'She was terrified and meowing 60 foot up a tree. She was sitting on the first set of branches. There was no question of jumping down to lower branches. She absolutely petrified.'
Sophie's mum Louise Clarkson, an animal management lecturer, added: 'Tinkerbell was meowing and she was exhausted. She hadn't slept for three days for fear of falling off the precarious branch.'
The tree was so rotten that firemen had to prop it up with one ladder and use a second 13.5m ladder to climb up to Tinkerbell.
Reunited: 'Tinkerbell' the cat with owners Louise (centre) and Sophie Clarkson 18, with boyfriend Ben Ingrey 20 .Tinkerbell was so distressed she leapt onto the shoulder of the first fireman to reach her - ignoring the bag he'd brought to haul her down.
A spokesman for Avon Fire and Rescue said: 'We received a call from the RSPCA as a referral because they required our assistance.
'Our firefighters travel in a pump where there is a certain amount of riders in an appliance in case there is another emergency that they need to go on to. Also, to ensure health and safety since they were using ladders it was essential for multiple personnel to be used.'
source: dailymail
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