Knowing Your Facts When You Report

Knowing Your Facts When You Report

13 January 2016

Police-lights-2.jpgCHILLICOTHE -  After the death of a horse in Ross County last week, the Humane Society is looking to help the owner bury the animal, and find out exactly what happened.

Jenn Thomas, director of the Ross County Humane Society, said a veterinarian who was caring for the horse told the owner it may have been shot, and the most humane option for the horse was for it to be euthanized Friday.

Now, the Humane Society wants to investigate the incident, and is trying to help the owner find someone in the area with a backhoe who would be willing to help bury the horse. Until it can be buried, all that covers the horse is a tarp.

"We just want to find out who shot the horse," Thomas said. "We would like someone to come forward so we can press charges."

According to Thomas, her office has been receiving calls about the horses on that property on a nearly weekly basis for months. Staff and Thomas herself have been out to the property and all said the animals are "fine," and the owner has not done anything wrong. On visits, the horses have had food, shelter, and water.

"One looked a little thin, but it had been over-wormed and was under the care of a vet," Thomas said.

The Ross County Sheriff's Office also received an anonymous call Saturday, reporting a dead horse in a field. A deputy responded and spoke with the horse's vet, who said the horse may have been shot, and was euthanized.

At one point, calls were coming into the Humane Society because the horses were out of the field, after the wire fence used to enclose their field was cut, according to Thomas. Horses had been tied to a trailer while it was repaired, but were returned to the small enclosure when it was fixed. Thomas said the owner also has had her trail camera stolen and her brake lines cut.

"I feel like she's being targeted," Thomas said. "We want to know if someone is legitimately mistreating animals, but that is not the case here."

The remaining horses on the property, Thomas said, have been put up for sale out of fear harm will come to them as well. Thomas's office has offered the owner help in feeding or relocating the owner's other horses until the one that is deceased can be buried.

Anyone with information is asked to call the shelter at 740-775-6808. Callers can remain anonymous.

http://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/news/local/2016/01/12/humane-society-investigate-horse-shooting/78680778/

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