Crows attack kitten stuck 70ft up tree

Crows attacked a kitten after it was left clinging to the upper branches of a tree. Seven-month-old Holly scaled the 70ft tree in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire on Monday afternoon and was stuck throughout the night.

Jason Thompson, the boyfriend of owner Lisa Govier, said: "She was not moving and under attack. It was a baking hot day. She was scared.

"Then the crows arrived and they were taunting her, pecking at her and she looked very distressed, she wasn't meowing anymore and we were all really concerned.



"All the neighbours came out because they could hear all the commotion with the crows."

The kitten was eventually rescued by fire crews, but Mr Thompson said he was angry that the RSPCA did not react sooner, despite a number of calls to the agency,

"We put God knows how many calls into the RSPCA, but were told the same thing time and time again; that it 'wasn't a priority' and that 'the 24 hours weren't up," he said "Thankfully in the end the fire service did come to the rescue."

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