'Cat In The Hat(boro)' Rescue Has Happy Ending

HATBORO, PA —You've read "The Cat in the Hat." Have you heard about the Cat in the Hat(boro)?

It was on a recent night that Fire Marshal Kate Valesky and the Enterprise Fire Company got a call of yet another cat caught up in a tree.

Valesky told Patch that a neighbor had posted on "The Real Voices on Hatboro" Facebook community page seeking help.

Valesky said she and the fire chief received the message to see if anything could be done.

Slate the cat had gotten out of a borough home on a Wednesday morning and the family was frantic. He was nowhere to be found.

Until the next day, when Valesky said Slate was found after being stuck in a tree for 12 hours.

Valesky said a ladder was used to go up the tree and lure Slate to safety. He was then taken to Rau Animal Hospital to be scanned for a chip and to get a checkup.

Slate then spent the night at Borough Manager Diane Hegele's house while the borough posted on Facebook to find its owner. The unexpected house guest got a chuckle when Hegele mentioned it at the recent Borough Council meeting.

Slate's family was able to pick him up and everyone was reunited.

"It was a happy ending," Valesky said.

(Chuck Jones/Enterprise Fire Company)