Incredible moment owners find pet cat after teen girl allegedly threw it off bridge
The owner of the cat is urging people to 'think' before they act, saying the family was hit hard by the traumatic incident.
A pet cat has been reunited with his family after miraculously surviving being thrown off a bridge, allegedly by a 15-year-old who has since been charged.
Footage posted on social media captures the shocking moment 16-year-old Bomber was thrown from a moving car off a bridge at about 3am on Saturday, June 17.
The stolen cat can be seen flying over the guardrail on the Pacific Motorway south of Brisbane. Now, almost two weeks later, Bomber has been found alive by his family who never gave up hope he was still out there.
"Oh Bomber! oh my god," Katherine Pratt can be heard shouting with relief in a video obtained by 7News Brisbane, as she and her husband Michael come across him "in the bush near the bridge".
The Gold Coast family say they are thrilled to have Bomber back, who has been "a family member for 16 years".
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After the scary incident, Mr Pratt urged people to "think before [they] do things".
"It hit the kids pretty hard as well," Mr Pratt told 7News about the shocking act of alleged animal cruelty.
"Think of the recourses and the ramifications because [this] obviously hit a lot of people."
Following the video being uploaded to social media, Queensland Police tracked down a 15-year-old girl to a Gold Coast home on June 19. She has been charged with animal cruelty and endangering the safe use of a vehicle by throwing an object.
with NCA NewsWire
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