$1,000 Reward Offered After Pet Cat Found Shot With Arrow

KALAMO TWP. (WWJ/AP) - A $1,000 reward is being offered for information after a wounded pet cat was found with an arrow through his chest in a rural part of Michigan.

The Capital Area Humane Society says veterinarians removed the crossbow arrow, known as a bolt, on Monday.  The Eaton County Sheriff's Department said the arrow found in the cat -- named Booger -- had a type of tip that's used for target practice.

"We hope it wasn't intentional, but we've seen too many of these kind of cases to believe it wasn't," Julia Willson, president and CEO of the Lansing-area shelter, told the Lansing State Journal.

Booger was upgraded from serious to excellent condition on Wednesday. Willson said the cat made a "remarkable recovery" and earlier concerns about possible nerve damage from the injury are subsiding.

The cat, which has lung damage from the arrow, was found Monday beneath a deck in Kalamo Township. His owner had last seen the animal Saturday.

Anyone with information is urged to contact police at 517-543-3512.

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