Cat sole survivor of 115-metre fall in US canyon

LOS ANGELES, United States: A cat that fell alongside a couple into a 115-metre-high canyon was the only survivor of the incident in the western United States, an animal protection organisation said on Friday.

The feline “was found in a black soft-sided carrier that was dirty and torn, but seemed to have weathered the fall fairly well,” the Best Friends Animal Society said.

Its staff estimated the cat is 12 years old. It was found next to two people, a couple that local authorities said had died after falling from a popular tourist spot within Bryce Canyon National Park, in the US state of Utah, earlier this week.