We had to rescue our young kitten from our tree just last week, it is a very tall curly willow tree with long slender branches and she managed to get herself way up the top well out of reach of any ladder. She nearly fell at one stage and my children were trying to place cushions strategically that she could land on lol. it was pretty serious though and we didn't know what to do. Then we all went and stood near the trunk and coaxed her toward the middle of the tree so she wouldn't be at risk of falling all the way to the ground. She still would not come down far enough though. Eventually we resorted to using the garden hose to scare her into climbing further down so we could get her down properly. She hasn't gone back up that tree since