UPDATE: Animal cruelty in Kentucky; Six More
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Horses Found Shot and Killed
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/12/23/animal-cruelty-kentucky-six-more-horses-found-shot-and-killed/2732471001/
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Six horses were found shot and killed near a strip mining site, according to the animal rescue group Dumas Rescue.
Dumas Rescue said the six horses appeared to have been killed during the same shooting that killed at least 15 other horses along U.S. 23, WYMT reported.
The other horses' bodies were found early last week. Dumas Rescue posted on Facebook on Sunday evening about the six additional horses. [snip]
The culprit could face animal cruelty charges at a minimum, according to authorities. There is a $20,000 reward for information on the incident. Numerous animal rescue and welfare organizations, along with individual donors, contributed funds in hopes of finding answers.
Authorities find 15 horses fatally shot in eastern Kentucky
https://www.10tv.com/article/authorities-find-15-horses-fatally-shot-eastern-kentucky-2019-dec
PUBLISHED: 12/18/19 10:56 PM EST UPDATED: 12/19/19 12:53 PM EST
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — At least 15 free-roaming horses appear to have been shot and killed at an abandoned strip mining location in eastern Kentucky this week.
Among them were very young and pregnant horses, authorities said.
"Seeing them gunned down is ... it's beyond horrific," Tonya Conn, president of the local group Dumas Rescue, told CBS News affiliate WYMT-TV. "These horses were scattered in various, various places, distances from each other so they had been shot, and they'd scattered then hunted and shot down."
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Glad to know that contributions toward a reward for info leading to locating the "hit person(s)" grew and grew. The problem of free-ranging livestock in poor rural areas isn't easily solved where everyone's personal and county/state budgets are stretched. I went to this rescue group's FB page...Scrolling down to May 5, 2018 there's a post/comments that reflect many of the political situations that exist in this rural area coal country...SMH syndrome 