Good deed, indeed, by PG&E cat rescuers
Hats off to Pacific Gas and Electric and the linemen Dave Alvarez, Porter Caradine and Rex Lysdahl, who rescued Fat Boy, a black and white cat perched atop a 45-foot power pole without food or water for nine days.
Facebook friends summoned the press. It was a public relations risk for the utility. Drop the cat, and it’s disaster. The men were dealing with a tangle of wires. It was a risk for them. They shinnied up the pole with spiked boots. One of them grabbed the cat and dropped it into a crate, a tricky maneuver at 45 feet, given the cat’s pointy teeth and sharp claws.
The men who did that deserve congratulations for their good deed.
Donald R. Slinkard, Fresno
This story was originally published December 3, 2016 at 1:06 PM with the headline "Good deed, indeed, by PG&E cat rescuers."