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Cat found buried alive in concrete in Arizona; rescuer alleges religious harassment (from FLDS)
MSNBC ^ | 07/10/2012 | Andrew Mach

Posted on 07/11/2012 11:23:49 AM PDT by Pyro7480

A live cat was found half-buried in concrete in Arizona, an act that the man who rescued it believes to be a threatening message from a pro-polygamy religious group, according to local reports.

The kitten was found encased in solid concrete inside a metal tube in Colorado City, Ariz., a major center for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a breakaway Mormon sect whose members practice polygamy.

In previous incidents, dead cats have been left on ex-FLDS member Isaac Wyler’s property, according to Andrew Chatwin, who discovered the trapped feline while he was building a horse shelter at Wyler’s home....

Mangled and emaciated but still breathing, the freed feline was taken to an animal sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, where it died a few days later.

Both Wyler and Chatwin have spoken publicly against the church and its former controversial leader, Warren Jeffs....

(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; cat; flds
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To: Elsie

FReaky.


41 posted on 07/12/2012 4:53:32 PM PDT by T Minus Four
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To: T Minus Four; Elsie

Hopefully Elsie’s post clarified the upshot of the link. Thanks, Elsie.


42 posted on 07/12/2012 6:27:46 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Fire_on_High

Actually I had a different line of thought, but I wouldn’t say more than I can prove, or try to reconstruct a crime scene without a lot more information. I’m just observing a noteworthy background detail in the article.


43 posted on 07/12/2012 6:36:14 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: MplsSteve
I’d like to take a baseball bat to the assclown that did this. I really would.

You could probably find a CHOICE 'clinic' to relieve your frustrations.

44 posted on 07/12/2012 7:32:00 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
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To: Fedora

Glad to help.


45 posted on 07/12/2012 7:32:43 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
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