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THIBODAUX, LA – A Thibodaux man has been charged with aggravated cruelty to animals after he threw his girlfriend’s cat into the bayou and slashed it with a machete.
Thirty-year-old Cody Toups grabbed a cat from inside his girlfriend’s house in the 2100 block of Bayou Road just after 1:15 p.m. on August 21 and tossed the cat into Bayou Lafourche.
Toups’ girlfriend’s father reached into the bayou to retrieve the cat, and that’s when Toups grabbed a machete, according to the Thibodaux Police Department.
Responding officers found the cat’s lifeless body floating in the bayou with a large laceration to its midsection.
Toups was also arrested for an outstanding contempt of court warrant.
His bond is set at $15,000.
