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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / February 2006Kitten freed by dog impersonation ;-)
This, I love! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4609832.stm "Making a bad impression frees cat" "A Cornish firefighter has managed to free a kitten stuck up a chimney for five days - by impersonating a dog. Hours after going to her new home in Penzance kitten Smirnoff got stuck and refused to budge, despite efforts by RSPCA officers and the fire brigade. Then Charlie Jamieson hit on the idea of making dog noises and Smirnoff came down far enough to be pulled out." Cheers, helen s  Signatureyou may need to remove dependence on fame & fortune from organisation to get correct email address ~Noodliness is Good~ > This, I love! > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Cheers, helen s Oh I love that story too. What I love about it is that we hear SO MANY stories about abandoned, neglected, abused kittens. Now here is a story that gives me the mental picture of a whole crew of burly guys collected together trying to SAVE one tiny little kittten. One tiny little kitten with bad judgment! LOL. Wonder if kitty learned a lesson. Thanks for posting that., Sherry [[Now here is a story that gives me the mental picture of a whole crew of burly guys collected together trying to SAVE one tiny little kittten. One tiny little kitten with bad judgment! LOL. Wonder if kitty learned a lesson. Thanks for posting that.]] Agreed. :o) And I suspect that the lesson the kitty learned was, "Don't go up the chimney. Scary dogs live up there." ;o) Donna, Captain, and Stanley ("What's a chimney? Where can we find one to play in? Maybe ours is dog-free!") > [[Now here is a story > that gives me the mental picture of a whole crew of burly guys > collected together trying to SAVE one tiny little kittten. One tiny > little kitten with bad judgment! LOL. Wonder if kitty learned a lesson. > Thanks for posting that.]] > And I suspect that the lesson the kitty learned was, "Don't go up the > chimney. Scary dogs live up there." ;o) Except that when the firefighter made the dog noises, the kitten came down *toward* him - toward the "barking" or whatever. So my impression was that the kitten was drawn to that sound. Maybe she thought it was a friendly dog? (Or monkey? :)) Or it just got the better of her curiosity? Joyce > > [[Now here is a story > > that gives me the mental picture of a whole crew of burly guys [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Joyce Maybe the firefighter was on the roof barking down? And why wasn't the chimney damper shut so the kitten couldn't climb up? Jill > Maybe the firefighter was on the roof barking down? That is *quite* an image. :) > And why wasn't the chimney damper shut so the kitten couldn't > climb up? I thought of that, too. Hope they closed it after this incident! Joyce > > Maybe the firefighter was on the roof barking down? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Joyce Most chimneys in Britain don't have dampers. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Most chimneys in Britain don't have dampers. Mine doesn't. Cheers, helen s wafflycat Wrote: > Most chimneys in Britain don't have dampers. > > Mine doesn't. > > Cheers, helen s Hi All, I'm the Barking fireman, thought i would just write to let you all kno that i was on the roof when i barked down the chimney. I had been u there for 2 hours trying all sorts of stuff but it just wasn't working So for a laugh i thought i would bark down the chimney, I thought sounded like a dog and so did the dog over the road that barked back a me, but the rest of them down the bottom of the chimney thought sounded like a monkey. Thats how i think it got into all the paper -- charlie > I'm the Barking fireman, thought i would just write to let you all know > that i was on the roof when i barked down the chimney. I had been up > there for 2 hours trying all sorts of stuff but it just wasn't working. Hi Charlie! You saved the kitty stuck in the chimney! To us here, you are a hero. Though I still think it must have been a very weird and amusing experience to anyone who might have walked by at that moment, and, not knowing what was going on, see a firefighter barking down a chimney. :) Good for you! Joyce > > I'm the Barking fireman, thought i would just write to let you all know > > that i was on the roof when i barked down the chimney. I had been up > > there for 2 hours trying all sorts of stuff but it just wasn't working. Thank you Charlie, that was great thinking and great work. I hope the kitty's people appreciated what you did. From what I remember the kitty took off at a very fast pace. Many thanks again from cat lovers all over the world. Charleen Mr. Pumpkin Aggie Marble Victor Velcro >> > [[Now here is a story >> > that gives me the mental picture of a whole crew of burly guys [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Jill That's how I pictured it. Firefighter on the roof, barking into the chimney. Quite a mental picture :-) SignatureBritta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > That's how I pictured it. Firefighter on the roof, barking into the > chimney. Quite a mental picture :-) Yeah, if somebody were to walk by and see that, without having any idea what was going on, it might create an image problem for the firefighters. :) Joyce |
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