Pony shot to death in Vermont; police investigating
The pony was shot during muzzle loading hunting season for deer.
Vermont State Police are investigating the death of a pony that was found shot Saturday morning in a pasture near its Highgate home, according to a release.
The pony’s owner, Harold Derosia, 54, of Highgate, last saw the free-ranging pony Tuesday, and went searching for it when he noticed it hadn’t return to feed, police said. The horse was found in a pasture that is not accessible or visible from a nearby road.
Vermont Fish and Game wardens found a .50 caliber muzzle loading copper jacketed bullet in the horse. The animal was killed during muzzle loading hunting season for deer, police said.
“It was black powder season and someone could have had a doe permit and saw the brown horse and thought it was a deer,’’ Vermont State Police Cpl. George Rodriguez told the Burlington Free Press.
On Saturday, the Vermont Game Warden Association asked the public for help on Facebook with the investigation, and posted a photo of the deceased pony. The post has been shared over 1,400 times.
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