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SURGERY AND NOW ONE OF ITS LEGS MAY HAVE TO BE AMPUTATED. >> HE IS JUST A BABY. HE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. KRISTEN: ELIZABETH CARMIGNANI SAYS HER KITTEN, WOLFIE, WAS INJURED OUTSIDE HER HOME IN LACONIA TUESDAY. >> MY OWNER SAID YOU -- MY NEIGHBOR SAID YOU ARE THE OWNER. I DON’T KNOW HOW TO TELL YOU THIS BUT THERE IS AN ARROW THROUGH IT RIGHT NOW. KRISTEN: SHE SAYS THE KITTEN WAS FRIGHTENED AND RAN UNDER SOME STAIRS >> WE TRY TO GET HIM OUT, SCARE HIM BUT ANYTIME HE MOVED, THE ARROW WOULD GET STUCK IN THE BEAMS. KRISTEN: SHE CALLED 911, THAT’S WHEN THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER RESPONDED. >> SHE GOT HER NET OUT AND UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO PULL HIM OUT. AS A RESULT HE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AND WENT INTO SHOCK. KRISTEN: THE BONES IN THE KITTEN’S LEG WERE SHATTERED REQUIRING EMERGENCY SURGERY. AND NOW, THE ENTIRE LEG MAY NEED TO BE AMPUTATED. >> THEY CAN’T UNDERSTAND HEAD -- HOW A FELLOW HUMAN BEING CAN DO THAT. KRISTEN: A GOFUNDME PAGE HAS BEEN SET UP TO HELP THE FAMILY WITH MEDICAL EXPENSES. MEANTIME, LACONIA POLICE ARE WORKING TO FIND THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE WHO COULD FACE ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES >> IF THIS WAS AN ACT OF MALICIOUS INTENT WHERE SOMEONE INTENDED TO KILL THIS CAT, THAT IS A SERIOUS CRIME. WE WANT THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD AND PROVIDE INFORMATION TO US. KRISTEN: ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL LACONIA POLICE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP THE FAMILY OUT WIT

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Police in Laconia are looking for the person who shot a kitten with an arrow, seriously injuring it.The kitten, Wolfie, has had emergency surgery, and veterinarians said it might have to have its leg amputated.>> Download the FREE WMUR app"He is just a baby," owner Elizabeth Carmignani said. "He didn't know what was going on."She said Wolfie was injured outside her home Tuesday."My neighbor came around the corner and said, 'Are you the owner of the black and white kitten?' and I said, 'Yes,'" Carmignani said. "She said, 'I don't know how to tell you this. but there is an arrow through him right now.'"She said the kitten was frightened and ran under some stairs."We tried to coax him out, we tried to scare him, but any time he moved. the arrow would get stuck in the beams," she said.Carmignani called 911, and an animal control officer responded."She dove right in and got her net out, and unfortunately, had to pull him out, and as a result, he lost consciousness and went into shock," Carmignani said.The bones in the kitten's leg were shattered, and it required emergency surgery."They can't understand how a fellow human being could do that to an innocent animal," Carmignani said.A GoFundMe page has been set up to help the family with veterinary expenses.Laconia police said whoever is responsible could face animal cruelty charges."If this was act of malicious intent, intending to injure the cat or kill the cat, that is a serious crime," Chief Matt Canfield said. "We want the general public to come forward and provide some information to us."Anyone with information is asked to call Laconia police.