Cat saved after three days in tree

Amelia Hughes

The rescue took place 65 feet up.

By Jack Nicas, Globe Correspondent

A cat that had been stuck 65 feet up a tree for three days was rescued today in Holliston.

Mark Vogel and Alan Johnson from the Animal Rescue League of Boston climbed the 75-foot tree to rescue the black cat, which Vogel surmised was chased into the tree by a dog.

The two-hour rescue was the second attempt to save the cat. Two rescue league workers had to call off a rescue last night on account of darkness, after the cat climbed higher out of their reach.

Vogel said the two men rigged a pulley system to raise Johnson up to the cat.

“The cat came right to him,” said Vogel, 40, of Dedham. “AJ put it in a cat carrier, brought it back down, and the owner was perfectly happy.”