A small black cat’s five day ordeal stuck in a tree on West 150th Street in Manhattan’s Harlem neighborhood finally ended Tuesday as a Long Island cat rescue expert was able to ease the furball down after at least two visits from FDNY firefighters failed to do the same, WABC reports.
Neighbors, who named the cat “PL Dunbar,” were concerned for its wellbeing after it cried incessantly during its time in the tree and this week’s heatwave approached. John Debacker, vice president of the animal rescue group Long Island Cat/Kitten Solution, Inc, arrived on the scene Tuesday night and coaxed Dunbar down from the sidewalk tree. The cat then promptly ran away.