Can a day that includes a surging stock market, congressional hearings about impeaching the president, and a momentous national election in Great Britain be considered a “slow news day”?

Let’s say yes, because that allows us to present a slow-news-day staple since the dawn of journalism: a cat stuck in a tree.

Actually, this one is even better: a kitten stuck in a tree!

Clackamas County Sheriff’s deputies on Wednesday discovered a little fluffball that had found its way up a big tree and then got scared.

They called in Molalla Fire, but the kitten turned out to be a little wary of strangers, ducking and dodging attempts at rescue.

Eventually, the firefighters corralled the animal, but its people were nowhere to be found. So of course Clackamas County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Lister took the kitten on patrol with him.

As it turned out, the deputy didn’t have to go far to find the animal’s housemates: one member of the family works for the sheriff’s office. The kitten, named Scootaloo, had been missing for two days.

The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office chronicled the rescue in a smile-inducing Twitter thread that includes video and photos.

THREAD: While responding to an unrelated call today, our deputy came across that most heartbreaking of crises:



A kitten stuck in a tree. pic.twitter.com/pMUcvy2iuU — Clackamas Sheriff (@ClackCoSheriff) December 11, 2019

UPDATE — A VERY HAPPY ENDING:



Deputy Lister just reunited the kitten with its family!



It had been missing for two days.



(Bonus weird coincidence: A member of the kitten’s family is ALSO a Sheriff’s Office employee. #WorkingTogether ) pic.twitter.com/7Kqk4fUlF9 — Clackamas Sheriff (@ClackCoSheriff) December 11, 2019

-- Douglas Perry

@douglasmperry

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