Two deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Department’s Santa Clarita Station have been credited with rescuing a cat that
was found with its paws and legs bound in electrical tape, authorities said
Sunday.
The alert deputies discovered the male cat during their
search of a “suspicious” car that was parked behind a closed business on
Saturday night, according to a post on the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s
Station’s Facebook page.
“The occupants of the vehicle were in possession of
narcotics,” the post stated.
When they located the cat in the vehicle, he was “buried
upside-down” in his carrier, the post stated.
They were further stunned to discover that the feline’s
paws and legs were bound together with electrical tape, sheriff’s officials
said.
“The helpless cat could not move and was ‘meowing loudly in
discomfort’ as the deputies worked quickly to free him,” the post read.
Animal Control officers responded and removed the cat from
the unidentified owner, who faced “additional animal cruelty charges,”
authorities said.
The cat’s condition was not immediately known.
