The light of day has shown that the cat was long since dead judging by the look of his fur.
I couldn't find a friendly hand to help me get him down and as you can see it's pretty high for me to be able to handle this on my own. So I guess it will be city services on Monday. Can't really leave him hanging there, can we? Although people don't even see it but it will start to smell... Not to say I deeply feel for the poor thing having found its end in such a strange way.

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