Firefighters rescue cats trapped by high flood waters
Posted March 16, 2016 7:00 am
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - For cats, hell is high water.
And that hell became reality for two California felines on Tuesday, when high flood waters left them stranded in trees half-submerged in the Sacramento River.
The Front Street Animal Shelter created a ramp that would lead the cats to safety, but they refused to cross.
The animals were eventually saved when the Sacramento Fire Department organized a water rescue, using a small boat and ladder.
Both cats are safe and uninjured.
A cat stands on a rock by the surrounded by the Sacramento River near the Tower Bridge on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 in Sacramento, Calif. Two cats were rescued after high flood waters left them stranded in trees half-submerged in the river. The animals were eventually saved when the Sacramento Fire Department organized a water rescue, using a small boat and ladder. (Randall Benton/The Sacramento Bee via AP) MAGS OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION OUT (KCRA3, KXTV10, KOVR13, KUVS19, KMAZ31, KTXL40); MANDATORY CREDIT
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Sacramento Fire Department firefighters and Sacramento Animal Control officers rescue two cats from trees half-submerged due to the recent heavy rains in the Sacramento River near the Tower Bridge on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 in Sacramento, Calif. (Randall Benton/The Sacramento Bee via AP) MAGS OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION OUT (KCRA3, KXTV10, KOVR13, KUVS19, KMAZ31, KTXL40); MANDATORY CREDIT
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A cat is stranded up a tree near the Sacramento River on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 in Sacramento, Calif. Two cats were rescued after high flood waters left them stranded in trees half-submerged in the river. The animals were eventually saved when the Sacramento Fire Department organized a water rescue, using a small boat and ladder. (Randall Benton/The Sacramento Bee via AP) MAGS OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION OUT (KCRA3, KXTV10, KOVR13, KUVS19, KMAZ31, KTXL40); MANDATORY CREDIT
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Sacramento Fire Department firefighters and Sacramento Animal Control officers rescue two cats from trees half-submerged due to the recent heavy rains in the Sacramento River near the Tower Bridge on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 in Sacramento, Calif. (Randall Benton/The Sacramento Bee via AP) MAGS OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION OUT (KCRA3, KXTV10, KOVR13, KUVS19, KMAZ31, KTXL40); MANDATORY CREDIT
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