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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:27 AM Original message |
Phoenix officer won't allow neighbor to get stranded cat |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. If the cat could climb up the tree, why can't it climb down? |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. because their claws go backwards |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. But they can climb back down. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I've had cats that got stuck in trees. Haven't you ever heard about |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
45. This one hasn't. It's been eight days and it's still up there. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It could be sick, or stuck. I say everyone across America should call this guy continuously. |
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ReverendDeuce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Because of the shape of the claws... |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Cats go down trees backwards |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
48. Some don't know how, and apparently something is scaring this cat. It's been eight days. |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. I have yet to see a cat skeleton up in a tree because it........ |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. So unless you've seen something it couldn't possibly happen? |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I checked the thread to see if this quote was already taken.. |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. I have |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. Do you even understand what a skeleton is? Bunch of bones. |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. Wow! I knew that I should stay away from a cat topic. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. 8 days without food and water? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I thought that was what was typically done |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Just like calling 911 for paramedics, answers to such calls are BILLED. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. 8 days? |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. I think we're missing a big point here. |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I'm contesting it. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. "They add that there is no way the officer could have known |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. Oh if he hadn't known he could have asked them WTF they |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
46. I'm astounded that people are blaming the cat and not the person who is acting like a moran. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. me too but maybe those folks have never been to phoenix or have never heard of that pd |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Yeah, I know about their sheriff. I'm surprised to see it defended here. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
14. "Humane Society officials say the cat should come down on his own at some point." |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. He was ready to go Castle Law on his neighbors. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Funny how folks sometimes eagerly accept the framing and slant in the media. |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Funny how folks sometimes overlook the basic facts. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Q.E.D. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Or it will come done eventually. The question is, dead or alive? |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
49. At common law... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
53. wow where's your sarcasm thingy? |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
16. I hope the attention this story is getting here locally will |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
18. Couldn't he just shoot the cat for trespassing? |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
19. lived in phoenix for 2 1/2 yrs. sounds like a phoenix cop. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
54. me too brice, me too that's phoenix pd all over sorry to say |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
23. Go to court. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
26. Sounds like the cops around here |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. People in the Phoenix area are generally idiots. Especially the cops. |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Nice way to generalize about all of us in the Phoenix area. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Any place that keeps re-electing Sheriff Joe is chock full of idiots. |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. Sounds like quite the Hatfield and McCoy neighborly feud going on. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
34. GOOD NEWS! Brutis is now safe and doing well -- and out of the tree. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Nothing like a little publicity to get someone going. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. thanks for sharing that. good news. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Oh, thank goodness. That police chief is a total dickhead. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
56. thanks glad to hear this! EOM |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
36. Cops can be real pricks. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Deleted sub-thread |
TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. (lol!) |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
39. Does Phoenix not have a fire department? |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
40. Officer Asshole needs to have a couple of fingers of scotch and let the kitty go. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
47. Awesome publicity for the Phoenix Police Department. I'm sure they're delighted. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. 6 of their police officers ended up rescuing the cat. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Thanks. I'm glad that it ended happily. |
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minnesota_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
55. Chainsaw or ladder? |
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