Here is the video for Saturday's cat rescue out in Richmond, Vermont:
Rescuing "Friday"
Here is the full video of "Friday's" rescue yesterday. He had been stuck up in an oak tree in someones backyard in Williston, Vermont, for several days after likely being spooked by a neighborhood dog. He was a very sweet cat and did great with the rescue.
Rescuing Leila
Here is the full video of Leila's rescue yesterday. She was a total sweetheart and so easy to work with. She had been stuck for a couple of days 45' up in a pine tree (likely chased up by a neighborhood dog). She was extremely cooperative in the canopy and a pleasure to work with.
Rescuing Javier
On Saturday, August 5th, I rescued Javier from a large oak tree in Burlington, VT, where he had been stuck for 3 days. The poor guy had endured 2 days of heavy thunderstorms and downpours. The local fire department had attempted a ladder rescue the day before, but were unable to get him. He was described as sweet, but with a history of being temperamental and biting at times. Up in the canopy he was a mix of sweet and stand-off-ish so I opted not to try and pick him up and instead quickly pulled him from his perch into my animal net placed below him. Everything went very smoothly. Back in the house he was a total sweetheart.
Here is the full-length video of Windermere's rescue last week:
Here is Windermere being released back into his home after five long, wet, days stuck up in a large ash tree. Helluva sweet kitty and survivor! 
Minnie had been stuck for 3 days about 45' up in a Maple tree in Middlebury Vermont after being chased by a wild animal at sundown earlier in the week. She was described as very sweet, but a bit shy. While I was installing my climbing rope in the tree above her, she became further frightened and decided to attempt climbing down on her own. She did great! Here she is down-climbing the remaining 30' of the tree. I'm so proud of her. Shout out to her perseverance, courage, and new climbing skills ☺️
Rescuing "Moon"
Here is the full video of Moon's rescue last week. He had spent at least 3 cold nights stuck up in a large Hemlock tree in Elmore, Vermont. He was around 40' up when I arrived, and then climbed up to about 60' by the time I got to him, but once I gained his trust a bit (wet food), he did great with the rescue. A very sweet kitty.
A happy ending after a stressful few days for "Moon" and his family. Full video of his rescue coming soon....
After a quiet winter, I did my first cat rescue of the year yesterday afternoon up in Georgia, Vermont. Little "Zoey" is a sweet indoor cat that happened to escape the day earlier, and was spooked up a tree by the neighbors dogs. She spent a long, chilly, night up in the top of a spruce tree around 35 feet off of the ground. She gave me a hero's welcome at the top and was a total sweetheart throughout the entire rescue.
Here is some unreleased footage of a dramatic scene back in June while rescuing "Meatball". ( My helmet camera battery died shortly after this moment, so I didn't end up putting a video together of the rescue.... )
Meatball had been stuck for a couple of hot days in the very top of this cedar tree back in late June. After being up in the top of the tree with him for over an hour, and him being about 8 feet above me, out of reach, where I could not safely go, or reach, I ended up pruning out a few small branches that were between us, for better access, and while he was shifting his position he happened to slip and fall, landing right in front of me! I was a little tentative to handle him initially as he had growled at me a few times earlier, and I was coming off a previous rescue where I did get bit- but Meatball did great and let me bag him up and bring him down safely. It was a tough 2 hour rescue, but had a happy ending.
Rescuing Luna (again) after she was chased up a tree by a neighbors dog. She was very happy to see me after a long night stuck 35 feet up in a maple tree.
Rescuing Jenny
Rescuing "Jenny" from a nasty white pine tree in Shelburne on Saturday where she was stranded for 3 days about 25' off of the ground. The tree was unsafe to climb so I used a 40' ladder the neighbors had, along with some of my lanyards for extra safety. Jenny was very scared and threatened to climb even higher up the tree, but in the end she did very well with the rescue.
Special thanks to everyone who assisted with this rescue.
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Rescuing Savanna
After 40 minutes up in the canopy trying to get "Savanna" to come over to me, I ended up getting permission from the owner to prune out a few small limbs that were in the way, and I made my way out onto the branch where Savanna had been stuck for the past 3 days. In the end she really came through and I was so proud of her. She is safe and sound now with her family after a stressful few days.
Luna Rescue
Rescuing "Luna" from a maple tree where she was stuck upwards of 30' off the ground overnight and through some rain showers. She was very sweet and did great throughout the rescue.
"Taro" Rescue.
Rescuing 'Taro' from a cherry tree in Milton where he was stuck for 3 days about 20' off of the ground. The tree was in rough shape, with the top torn out and notable decay, and with no neighboring trees to use for a good rope tie-in-point, I used spikes to climb this tree (which should never be done on a living tree). Taro was a total sweetheart and did great with the rescue. He is my largest rescue to date, coming in at 18 pounds!
"Unknown" cat enjoying some fresh water after 3 days stuck up in a tree during some hot weather....
Rescuing 'Bob' from a cherry tree about 45 feet off of the ground in South Royalton, Vermont. He had been chased up the tree by a wild animal the day before and spent the night stuck up there, and been through a long rainstorm, before I could get to him. He was very frightened and untrusting of me from the beginning (growling/hissing) which made for a challenging rescue. I took upwards of 10 minutes to gently get in position close to him and attempted to calm him down before making my move. Due to various challenges, and learning curves, I ended up getting bit (through the 'cat bag') a couple of times on the back of my right hand before he was fully secured into the bag. We made it down to the ground safely, but I needed a course of antibiotics to prevent the possibility of a serious infection. In the end, everything worked out. Bob was a total sweetheart afterwards up in the house.
Rescuing Snowflake
Rescuing Snowflake from 45 feet up in a maple tree after a nasty neighborhood cat fight sent her fleeing for her life. She spent a stressful 10 hours, on a very windy day, stuck up in the tree before being rescued. She is safely down now and back to her normal routine.
I received a call last week (during the heat wave) about an unidentified kitty that had been stuck 50 feet up in a maple tree, for several days, in the woods behind some neighborhood homes and was desperately crying out for help. The cat was a total sweetheart and did great with the rescue.
