Feb. 27 (UPI) — Firefighters in Maine came to the rescue of a “sharply dressed tuxedo cat” that made its way to the steep roof of a Lewiston home.
The Lewiston Fire Department said on social media that firefighters teamed up with local animal control to rescue a “sharply dressed tuxedo cat from a rooftop.”
The Engine 3 crew arrived to find the cat was about 40 feet over the ground on the steep roof.
Lt. Rob Gayton and Pvt. Dennis Everson set up a ladder to reach the feline.
Gayton said they approached the feline cautiously.
“Sometimes they scratch, sometimes they bite,” he told the Sun Journal newspaper. “This one was calm. The cat came up to my hand, sniffed it and I snagged him.”
Gayton said the cat meowed nonstop on the way down the ladder, and the look on its face seemed to indicate they were calls of annoyance.
“The cat was less than impressed that his roof-top excursion had come to an end,” he said.
The cat was turned over to animal control, which is now attempting to identify the feline’s owner.