Purrfect rescue for Holly the cat
Fur-fighters from Lymington came to the rescue of a 17-year-old moggy last night.
Holly was in pain having trapped her claws in a patio table at a property in Paddock Gardens.
The local on-call crew were alerted shortly after 7pm, before using a saw to cut the table off of the beloved pets leg.
Feline fine again and with nine lives intact Holly was handed back to her owners before the team from Lymington conducted a home fire safety visit.
Watch Manager Bob Patton at Lymington Fire Station said:
“Whenever you’re called to a job like this you have to improvise and adapt with the equipment we have on the fire engine.
“Our ring cutters were the perfect tool to free Holly as they’re designed to protect the person whilst being used.
“Understandably Holly wasn’t happy initially due to her paw being trapped, but she was well behaved as we worked to free her.
“We were also able to make use of the incident, providing alarms and fire safety advice to the owner and will return to complete a Safe and Well visit.”
