Binx
Another cat stuck in a tree, and another successful rescue. While it may seem routine for you, the reader, this is far from a routine event for the cat and its owner. For most cats, this is a once-in-a-lifetime event, and it is enormously stressful for both the cat and his owner. To them, it feels like a matter of life or death, and in many cases, it is. In this particular case, it was Binx, a three-year-old cat with a beautiful, thick black coat, who was stuck about 35 feet high in a small oak tree on the other side of his backyard fence in Bogalusa, Louisiana. Binx is an inside cat, but he has recently discovered the thrill of darting outside when someone opens the door, and that is how he escaped this time and found himself stuck in the tree. This is the first, and hopefully last, time Binx has ever been in a tree, and he was very unhappy about it. So was his family. To Brittany and her two boys, Binx is an essential and beloved member of the family, and they could not bear to see h...