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Michigan cat finally climbs down after a week and a half in a tree

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Texas Township, Mich. -- Talk about a stubborn kitty. A cat perched in a tree outside the home of a Kalamazoo County couple finally came down Thursday after cooling its, um, paws for the last week and a half. The feline was about 50 to 60 feet above the Texas Township backyard.

Homeowner Pam Cameron told the Kalamazoo Gazette that a neighbor and TV reporter were able to coax the cat. It scratched the neighbor once grounded then scurried off.

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Cameron and her husband had called the fire department, but the agency didn’t have a ladder long enough to reach the cat that appears to be a Siamese.

Cameron said her husband used a bow and arrow to shoot a string over a tree limb so they could raise a laundry basket with food and water.

The cat got within a foot of the basket, then backed away and remained in the tree.

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-- Associated Press

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