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Power company shuts off electricity to a whole street – to rescue hapless moggy stuck up 30ft pole

Cat Betty was stuck up the pole for 24 hours before neighbours heard her cries and the RSPCA organised for her to be rescued

A WHOLE street had their power shut off to rescue a CAT - which was trapped up a 30ft electricity pole.

Black and white moggy Betty managed to scale the wooden pole at the bottom of a neighbour's garden in the village of Cam, Gloucestershire.

This adorable moggy was rescued by firefighters after getting stuck up a pole
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This adorable moggy was rescued by firefighters after getting stuck up a poleCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
The power company turned off the whole street's electricity supply to rescue the terrified cat
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The power company turned off the whole street's electricity supply to rescue the terrified catCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
Firefighters held out a tarpaulin underneath the pole to catch her if she fell
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Firefighters held out a tarpaulin underneath the pole to catch her if she fellCredit: SWNS:South West News Service

But she was stranded for 24 hours and only rescued after neighbours heard her cries and phoned the RSPCA.

The RSPCA arranged for utility firm Western Power Distribution to switch off the electricity to supply for the whole street while the hapless cat was rescued.

An electricity worker scaled a ladder to retrieve the terrified pet as firefighters stood below with a tarpaulin to catch her if she fell.

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An RSPCA officer gave Betty a quick check when she had been brought down on Friday but the pet was unharmed.

Resident Myrtle Parker, whose garden the pole was in, said: "We heard a meowing the day before but thought nothing of it.

"Then today we looked up and saw her there. She must have been there since yesterday afternoon."

The scaredy cat was eventually taken down by the fire service
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The scaredy cat was eventually taken down by the fire serviceCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
Poor Betty had been stuck up on top of the pole for nearly a whole day before neighbours heard her cries
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Poor Betty had been stuck up on top of the pole for nearly a whole day before neighbours heard her criesCredit: SWNS:South West News Service

Neighbour Brian Woolls added: "There are quite a lot of cats here who go over the garage roofs but I have never seen one up a pole.

"I'm glad she's OK."


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