Cat Thrown Off Bridge With 16-Pound Rock Rescued Firefighter Takes Cat Home To Daughter POSTED: 7:13 am EST December 29, 2005 MISSOULA, Montana -- There has been a happy ending on what started as a case of animal cruelty. Passers-by spotted the calico house cat Tuesday morning while crossing a footbridge by Montana’s icy Clark Fork River. They called for help, and Missoula firefighters responded. Firefighters lowered a boat onto the ice, and retrieved the soaking-wet cat. Someone had put the animal in a cage, along with a rock weighing about 16 pounds, and tossed it over the bridge. But...