- New York, USA -
~ Update: September 1, 2022
I have learned that the furbaby is a female named Mila Kovi.
Her human dead, Mr. Rob Kovi, tells me that Mila, who is like a daughter to him, has an Instagram account: @milakovi220.
I have added new pictures of Mila shared from her dad’s Facebook account.
~ Original story:
Roy Gross, Chief of the Suffolk SPCA, said that his detectives charged 48-years-old CHRISTOPHER M. GARUFI with animal cruelty, assault and aggravated harassment, all class A misdemeanors.
GARUFI is accused of throwing a defenseless cat into the Great South Bay after assaulting the furbaby’s guardian and threatening to harm him.
The Suffolk County SPCA said in a news release that when GARUFI threw the cat into the water, the poor soul was trapped inside his/her guardian’s cat carrier backpack.
The backpack and the cat became completely submerged under water. Thankfully, a bystander immediately jumped into the water and rescued the VOICELESS VICTIM whom I am overjoyed to report is not harmed. The incident happened outside of The Schooner Inn in Ocean Bay Park, Fire Island.
GARUFI, of 75 E. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst, surrendered to SPCA detectives on August 20, 2022.
Online court records show that GARUFI is scheduled to appear in Suffolk First District Court, Central Islip, on September 9, 2022, at 9:00 a.m.
My heartfelt thank you to the hero who saved this precious life!
GARUFI, for you I sincerely wish that someone will pick you up, toss you around, and then drop you on concrete with pieces of glass on it!
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