I was gonna say stop throwing money at it, i never could get a pussy off a pole if there was money being thrown at it... sorry been waiting to hear the cat had a happy ending to chime in with that.
Theyd shoot it down with the water hose? Whereever you live they have funky policies, 4yrs ago I called the fire dept for cat in a tree and they were more than happy to help. They handled my cat very nicely as well, couldnt have asked for more.
There were some creative ideas some ppl had, alienwidows neighbor idea wouldve been fun.
You do know what happens to animals that die in trees right? You know about the post mortem phases a body goes through, and scavenging right?
Unless they died digging their claws in, or above a y in the tree, they will most certainly fall and be scavenged, or be scavenged then fall.
Your reasoning is lacking and less than reassuring, lol. And now this post is out here making some cat lady cry lmao.