'So loving': Kitten found tied to electric saw in SA river, 'left to drown'
A kitten has been rescued from a river in South Australia after it was found tied to an electrical saw.
Megan Eastaughffe found a black kitten, believed to be six months old, weighed down by an electrical saw with a cord tied around its waist at the River Torrens, Fulham on Friday evening.
She posted about the incident on Facebook along with photos of the cat – now nicknamed Splash.
Ms Eastaughffe told News Corp she first noticed the feline when she heard a meow “like a scream”. She said she tried to get the cat to swim towards her before noticing the kitten was being weighed down by something beneath the surface.
She said her friend, Jessica Searle, then came to help. Ms Searle jumped into the river to get the cat.
In a Facebook post by Ms Searle she said the cat “was tied down by the cord of an angle grinder and left to drown”.
“I cannot believe someone could do this to a living creature,” she writes.
“After what a human had done to her, she was still so loving and trusting which broke my heart even more.”
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Ms Eastaughffe said Splash has been taken to the vet and is doing “really well”, “despite her time in the water and having had her coat clipped from head to toe at some point before the dumping occurred”.
It’s still not known who the cat belongs to as she does not have an ID chip. The women who rescued Splash also said her whiskers and eyelashes had recently been clipped.
A South Australia Police spokeswoman confirmed the incident had been reported but no one has been arrested or charged yet.
Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or user the Crime Stoppers online reporting page online reporting page.
