Acrobatic cat balances on power line as crews try to get it down
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It was a catastrophic sight.
A viral video shows a cat in Algeria tightrope-walking across a power line as Civil Defense crews desperately try to bring it down to safety.
The crews in the province of Oran can be seen climbing a ladder to try to rescue the cat, which was initially stranded on top of a street light pole. But when the cat sees help nearing, it bolts from the pole and runs across a power line.
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Witnesses in the video, which was posted on Tuesday by the cat’s owner Salah Oran, can be heard gasping as the cat nearly falls midway through the acrobatic stunt.
The a-paw-ling scene eventually came to a close after crew members used long poles to pry the cat from the line, allowing it to safely fall into a tarp before fleeing the attention once again, UPI reported.