Maple Bay residents worried about cat in tree [Video]

An orange tabby feline has been stuck in a tree for at least three days now in Maple Bay, and neighbors are looking for outside help to get it down.

“He’s got to be cold and hungry up there, so I really want to get him down safely,” says neighbour Heather Malone.

The cat is stuck in a Douglas fir in the backyard of a home on Shore Pine Close.

“It was up there through the storm we had the other night,” says another neighbour Tina Wood. “(I) thought it would come down, but it didn’t.”

The community has made several attempts to coax the cat down, offering it food and bringing in a tree service company on Wednesday to climb the tree. In response to that effort, the cat climbed higher and higher, making continued rescue attempts unsafe.

“The cat went pretty much to the top,” adds Malone.

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