Firefighters in Gloucestershire, England, shut off an entire street’s power on Saturday so they could safely rescue an adventurous cat named Gryffyndor, who was stranded on a live electricity pole.
The 1-year-old feline’s guardian, Verity Edwards-Flaherty, started to worry when she noticed around 8:30 p.m. that Gryffyndor — whom they allowed to roam outside — hadn’t been inside the house to eat her food all day. Then Edwards-Flaherty’s 10-year-old son, Connor, spotted the adventurous cat on top of the pole.
Fire crews who arrived later to the scene estimated the cat had been on top the pole for eight to 10 hours. After learning about the pole’s high voltage wires, crews called on Western Power Distribution to cut the power supply to around 100 households for about five minutes while they retrieved the stranded cat and reunited her with her family.
“Nobody seemed to mind,” Edwards-Flaherty told BBC. “People have been very kind and we’re very, very grateful.”
The thankful guardian said that Gryffyndor will strictly be an indoor cat from now on.
It’s a good idea to keep your furry feline companions inside. In addition to ensuring that your cats’ curiosity won’t put them in life-threatening danger, by not allowing your pet outdoors unsupervised, you’re alsoprotecting them from exposure to disease, falling victim to animal cruelty, fights with other animals, and getting struck by vehicles.
Lady Freethinker applauds the firefighters who acted diligently to rescue Gryffyndor as safely and quickly as possible.
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Un grand MERCI à ces hommes courageux qui font le bonheur de tous!!!
THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE FIRE FIGHTERS WHO RESCUED A LITTLE SOUL from burning alive via the alive electric pole lines.
Amazing to hear how far the fire crew has gone to rescue the little cat who gotten into trouble there. Love the story.
Thanku to the local fire dept. for rescuing Gryffendor. This is one of many reasons why cats should be kept indoors.
When you publish things like this…..I wish you would also provide a way to say “Thank You for Kindness.”… I would always respond with a thank you! More and more people need to see and hear of how people are being kind to animals to counter balance what we see (and what you importantly show us) how bad people can be to our lovely animals of this great Earth…..
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Great thanks to the wonderful firefighters and the power company.
I love every single one of those guys!!!
Congratulations to the fire fighters!
Thank you wonderful firefighters
Poor Gryffyndor was probably chased up that pole by someone’s dog.
Yeah – time to build that “catio”.
you;re right.. I hope the people will love their cat enough to keep him safe at home… everybody should… we have spent
HUNDREDS of dollars and hours and hours and hours making our yard a place where the cats can play and not escape and a place where dogs and cat haters can’t get to them.