Florida woman arrested after throwing a cat into the river after arguing with former lover

By Edward Era Barbacena

A Florida white woman was arrested after allegedly throwing a caged cat into the river after having a nonsensical arguement with a former boyfriend

Christa Thistle, a 53 year-old resident of Oak Hill, Florida, was accussed of tossing a cat which was in the crate into a water way at Riverwood river campground on thursday, as a form of her displacement on the poor animal after engaging into a heated arguement with her estranged lover for not moving out of their recreational vehicke quickly enough.

Deputies said they were called out to the Riverwood Park Campground on H.H. Burch road near the South Ridgewood avenue shortly before 7 PM. Thistle was moving some of the stuffs of her former boyfriend.  While moving some belongings, she knocked over some food and picked up the pet crate with Stanley (the cat) and threw it into the river.

Her former lover all of a sudden jumped into the water and rescued Stanley who was submerged into the water for abour 20 seconds.

When the police arrived, the poor cat was soaking wet shivering but appeared to be in good condition.

Thistle was arrested and indicted of animal cruelty.