Arizona authorities probing kitten cruelty case

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities in northern Arizona are investigating an animal cruelty case in which a kitten was buried up to its neck in concrete inside a metal pipe but didn’t survive.

The cat was rescued in late May from a 7-foot-tall metal pipe being used in the construction of a horse shelter in Colorado City, located in a remote area between the Grand Canyon and Utah. It died days later at an animal sanctuary in Kanab, Utah.

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