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Cat Thrown Off Bridge With 16-Pound Rock Rescued
Firefighter Takes Cat Home To Daughter
POSTED: 7:13 am EST December 29, 2005

MISSOULA, Montana -- There has been a happy ending on what started as a case
of animal cruelty.

Passers-by spotted the calico house cat Tuesday morning while crossing a
footbridge by Montana's icy Clark Fork River. They called for help, and
Missoula firefighters responded. Firefighters lowered a boat onto the ice,
and retrieved the soaking-wet cat.
Someone had put the animal in a cage, along with a rock weighing about 16
pounds, and tossed it over the bridge. But instead of landing in the water,
the caged cat landed on the ice and bounced several times, coming to a stop
in an icy puddle of slush.

It's unclear how long the cat had been there.

Despite its ordeal, one of the cat's rescuers said she was really friendly,
and dined on leftover Christmas turkey at the firehouse.

One of the firefighters then took the vet-checked cat home to his daughter.
They named their new pet "Lucky."