Rue the Cat (Animal Sanctuary of St. Croix Valley)
Minneapolis, MN – An investigation is ongoing after reports that a cat was thrown from the 12th floor balcony of a Minneapolis apartment.
Rue, a year-old tabby-and-white cat, survived the fall thanks to a series of surgeries – her injuries including two broken legs and lower jaw fractures.
There was a third-hand report from the scene that Rue was a neighbor’s cat and they didn’t want her anymore.
Minneapolis Animal Care and Control Director Tony Schendel says the investigation so far has resulted in not finding any witnesses who saw a cat being thrown.
He says while a juvenile on the scene was able to share some details about what potentially occurred, those instances have not been corroborated.
Officials say such an act against an animal would be a criminal felony, but right now they have no evidence to show that a crime took place.