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Residents rescue cat from 40-foot tree
In an epic rescue mission, almost an entire town in Wales came together to help a cat stuck in a tree.
Residents at Tredegar, in the south east of the country last week rallied around the 40-foot tree for four days to rescue the feline, according to media repors.
Leanne Skinner, 36, said it all started on Saturday when he went for a walk with his friends.
“We were walking back and I heard a cat crying. We looked around for it, in the bushes and everywhere, but we just couldn’t see it. We could just hear this loud and pitiful cry,” she narrated.
Ms Skinner and her friends realised that the cat must have been stuck on a tree and called Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), which arrived the next day when the cat had still not moved.
The charity arrived at the scene with fire services, but their attempts to rescue the cat – a female named “Cookie” – proved unsuccessful. Cookie only went further up the tree, probably scared.
Ms Skinner posted about the cat on Facebook received an astonishing response with “so many people ringing and messaging offering to help,” she said.
“People have tried to get it down with a fishing net and coax it down with food and treats,” she added.
According to reports, a scaffolding company saw the viral attention and built a structure around the tree to help the cat down. Still, it took four days until Cookie agreed to be helped.
The Scaffolding company called the rescue mission a “community effort” after the cat was finally brought down from the tree.
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NCA clamps down on 62 defaulting stations
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has directed non-
compliant FM Broadcasting Stations to immediately suspend operations on their respective frequencies for various infractions.
According to the NCA, the enforcement action has become necessary due to persistent violations of regulatory requirements, specifically Regulations 54 and 56 of the Electronic Communications Regulations, 2011 (L.I. 1991) and the Conditions of their FM Broadcasting Authorisations.
This action follows a directive issued by the Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovation, Sam George, mandating the NCA to enforce applicable sanctions on stations found to be in violation of the regulations in the recent audit conducted by the NCA to ensure full compliance with licensing and operational requirements in the broadcasting sector.
Following this directive, the NCA has commenced enforcement of regulatory sanctions against defaulting entities identified in the Frequency Audit Report in phases.
The categorisation of infractions under the first phase is as follows:
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Loose goat evades pursuing police in Georgia
Police in Georgia are hot on the trail of a ‘hoofed Houdini’ — an escaped goat spotted running loose in Duluth.
The Duluth Police Department said on social media that numerous calls came on Tuesday, reporting a loose goat ‘trotting’ on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard ‘like it had somewhere very important to be.’
“Officers responded and attempted to corral the hoofed Houdini as it made its way toward Albion Farm Road, where it hopped a few fences and outsmarted us by disappearing into backyards,” the post said.
Police suspect the goat might be the same animal seen running loose recently in Suwanee.
“Apparently, it had unfinished business in Duluth,” police wrote.
