Cowes Lifeboat Called To Rescue Trapped Cat
Monday, 15 January 2024 09:51
By Dominic Kureen @WriteOnDom[1]
As rescues go, something out of the ordinary befell the crew of Cowes RNLI lifeboat as they were ending an exercise yesterday (Sunday). Coastguards had been alerted to the fact that a cat was spotted trapped under a pontoon at East Cowes Marina. Anxious that the public could be at risk if they attempted a rescue, they asked the lifeboat to perform the task.
On arrival the crew and marina staff managed to reach the beleaguered feline by partially dismantling the wooden structure. The cat duly sprang to freedom, to continue its prowl of the surroundings; and the lifeboat crew - with not a scratch between them - was able to return to station, arriving at 2.32pm. The lifeboat's exercise had yet one more eventful twist to go.
As it was proceeding down-river it was hailed by the crew of a tender that had run of fuel. So the lifeboat assumed its rescue mode once again - towing the craft to Shepards Marina in Cowes. It finally arrived back at the lifeboat station at 3.22pm.
Later the station was contacted by the grateful woman owner of the cat, who said she had been looking for the cat all night before hearing plaintive mewing from under the pontoon at 1pm.
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