"SnowFlake" - A Kitty In Trouble

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It was about 2:30 on a December 10 and I had just finished my last meeting for the day, when I noticed that I had a voice message on the Kat Fone. It was from Miranda, and her kitty had been stuck for two days in a pine tree near Pontotoc, MS. I called Miranda back, and told her that I could be there by 4:00 pm. When I arrived, Miranda and Bill led me out back to a smallish pine tree where Snowflake was perched on a limb at about 30 feet, which was nearly the first good limb on the tree. The limbs on the tree were small, and any climbing line that I installed would pass right by Snowflake. Recalling my previous rescue ("Gracie") where the climbing line had badly spooked the kitty, I decided to simply use spikes to get to Snowflake. About 20 minutes later, I was underneath Snowflake, and going very slowly so as not to alarm her. Snowflake initially growled at me as I got near, and then settled into suspicious, watchful silence. I decided to try convincing her that I was a good guy by using kitty treats since that worked very well on the last rescue. Her nose immediately started twitching when I opened the kitty treats, and you can see on the video how things went from that point. Eventually, she accepted me, and I was able to grab her and place her in the Kat Bag. A short ride down, and Miranda took charge of her and brought her inside for warmth, food and water!