Firefighters Rescue Cat From Tree in Shiawassee County, Michigan

Firefighters helped a kitty in trouble after it got its paw stuck in a tree in Shiawassee County, Michigan, footage released on March 16 shows.

In the video, posted to Facebook by Perry Area Fire Rescue, one firefighter is seen struggling to free the distressed cat as the animal hung upside down, with its back paw caught in a branch.

Averi Munro, the crew member seen on camera, manages to free the cat, who then leaps out of his grip and tumbles to the ground. Seemingly uninjured, the cat sprints away across a field. Credit: Perry Area Fire Rescue via Storyful

Video transcript

- Go up and get him. Don't get your ass bit.

- Can you just push up on his leg and don't worry about him?

- You got it. Good job. Hold his neck really tight. Squeeze tight. He won't mess with you. Good job.

- Ooh, you got it.

- Good job.

- Just drop it. There he goes.

- Kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.

- Go up and get him. Don't get your ass bit.

- Can you just push up on his leg and don't worry about him?

- You got it. Good job. Hold his neck really tight. Squeeze tight. He won't mess with you. Good job.

- Ooh, you got it.

- Good job.

- Just drop him.

- Good job.

- There he goes.

- Kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.

- Go up and get him. Don't get your ass bit.

- Can you just push up on his leg and don't worry about him?

- You got it. Good job. Hold his neck really tight. Squeeze tight. He won't mess with you. Good job.

- Ooh, you got it. Just drop it.

- Good job.

- There he goes.

- Kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.