He was shivering cold, undoubtedly frightened and probably wanted nothing more than to be anywhere other than where he was at the moment.
After spending two days atop a pitched roof, a stranded cat was rescued after a neighbor heard its cries.
Marty Bertera, the Brownstown township’s animal control officer, was called by a neighbor who said the cat was on top of a vacant house in the 28000 block of Relda and could not get down.
The News-Herald Newspapers was there as Bertera, John Laub, an animal control officer in training, and Brent Bonds, a Department of Public Works employee, set everything up to rescue the cat.
Bertera climbed an expanded ladder to reach the roof of the house.
Once there, he braced himself and tried to coax the cat to come to him. Bertera talked to the cat to reassure him that he was going to be OK and that he was going to get down.
But when Bertera got in position the cat moved to the tipped edge of the house, almost looking as if it were going to jump.
A few neighbors and passersby began to gather and watch Bertera and his crew in action.
Bertera continued talking to the cat, trying coax him away from the edge of the house and toward him.
Each time the cat moved, the rescuers repositioned their nets to nab him.
After some planning, Bertera was able to wiggle a net over the cat. The rescue looked complete, but the cat managed to maneuver out of it.
Nevertheless, he was no match for the experience of Bertera, who recaptured him.
The cat, pinned down to the roof by the net, was slowly pushed down the roof as two nets held by the assisting crew were waiting to swoop him up and make sure he did not fall.
The cat purred aggressively as it was forced into the nets from the roof’s edge.
As the cat was secured under the net and a ladder was pulled closer, he jumped right into the perfectly positioned nets held by Laub and Bonds.
Bertera cuddled the cat once it was safe, saying he was sure it was relieved.
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