By PENNY McDONALD

WHEN 13 year old Barry
Botterill and his grandfather,
Stan McLennan heard a
kitten’s mournful cries

coming from a tree top.

recently, they investigated.
Rocky, a  four-month-old
long haired tabby, had once
again scampered to the top
of a lofty evergreen and was
too afraid to venture back to
safety.

Just two weeks earlier, the
curious kitten had been
stranded in an 80-foot tree
where it spent two days and
a —meowing -
while hanging from flimsy
branches and being harassed
by crows. When no amount
of coaxing or food could
entice the cat down, he was
eventually rescued by a
firefighter who put the
animal safely in a pillowcase
and returned it to the
anxious young owners,
Ryan, Amy and_ Julie
Baldwin.

No one thought the kitten
would attempt another
daring escapade, but Rocky
had other ideas.

After climbing into a tree
house and continuing up the
tree, Rocky became
precariously perched once
more, -

The kitten spent another
lonely day and night up the

tree before being “réscued.

again, this, time’ by: ‘Barty.

known as BY.- who took pity .

on the..cat after hearing. its’
cries of distress:
Unfortunately the kitten
had chosen to climb a tree
far too spindly for a human
to scale., But B.J. was un-
daunted. He climbed an
adjacent. tree until he was
level with the.cat then called
to it. The kitten climbed
onto the longest branch and
was about to fall when B.J.
grabbed Rocky and put him

safely into another
pillowcase.
Rescuing animals is

nothing new for B.J. whose
older brother and a friend
have also rescued cats from
trees. B.J. also successfully
plucked two other cats from
the middle of Lynn Creck.
when they were stranded.

THANK-YOU cake.was baked by the Reldwin family for B.J. Botterill, pictured
holding on firmly to Rocky, just in case the kitten might feel like running off again.

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