MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ) - Police in Manitowoc are trying to find a person who bound a cat with duct tape, and threw the animal into the Manitowoc River.

A fisherman called police after he found the dead cat floating in the river on Sunday evening.

Police said the pet was a larger, older, orange cat that just recently died.

Manitowoc County Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $200 for information that leads to the arrest of the cat’s abuser.