UPDATE: Reward For Information in Cat Drowning Grows to $8,400

Update 11/5: The Peninsula Humane Society announced this weekend that public support has enabled it to offer more than $8,000 for information related to Wednesday's discovery of a drowned cat in the Redwood Shores lagoon.
Thursday the Humane Society announced it was offering a $1,000  reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those  responsible for the crime. That award has since grown to $8,400 after  individuals and two businesses pledged donations for the reward.
According to the PHS, the owner of the Swingin' Door in San Mateo  pledged $1,000 and Pet Food Express contributed $2,750.
A Humane Society veterinarian conducted a necropsy Friday that  revealed the cat was alive when it was dumped in the lagoon with the weight around its neck, according to the humane society.
"We continue to believe this was an owned cat and that someone  intentionally killed him in a horrific, unimaginable way," Delucchi said
today. "We need the public's help in order to find the owner and the person responsible."

The Peninsula Humane Society is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in an animal cruelty case.
A black-and-white cat was found drowned in the Redwood Shores lagoon on Wednesday with a 5-pound dumbbell tied around its neck.
The male cat was discovered by Redwood City public works employees and brought to the Peninsula Humane Society, shelter spokesman Scott Delucchi said.
The dumbbell was attached to the cat's neck with zip ties, he said.
A PHS veterinarian determined that the cat was about 12 years old and was in the water for two to three days.
The cat's front paws were declawed, indicating that he was likely someone's pet, Delucchi said.
"We believe this was an owned cat and that someone intentionally killed him in a horrific way," he said.
The nature of the crime indicates clear intent to harm the animal, which is a felony, he said.
The PHS was initially offering a $1,000 reward to help find the person responsible for the crime.
A resident who learned of the incident pledged to give an additional $250 to the reward this morning and the owner of the Swingin' Door Pub in San Mateo offered an additional $1,000, bringing the reward to $2,250.
Delucchi said the PHS has been looking through reports of lost cats and checking Craiglist for leads, but nothing has come up yet.
The cat did not have a collar or an identification microchip.

Anyone with information about the crime is urged to call the
Peninsula Humane Society at (650) 340-8200 or email at
reportcruelty@peninsulahumanesociety.org.

— Bay City News report

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