The entrance to our basement is an old-fashioned floor-level door in the mud room; it was an outdoor entrance before the mud room was built years ago. On Sunday, January 30 at 8:02 a.m. I found Sunny meowing, with his right front paw caught in the basement door; he was heard howling at around 7 a.m. and must have been stuck there since then. Gently I tried to pull him free but failed, afraid to pull harder lest I might injure him. Finally I lifted the door, and he slowly walked away. There was no damage to the paw, and soon Sunny was okay.