A
Mares shot in pasture
15 hours ago • By LAUREN DONOVAN | Bismarck Tribune
Three brood mares owned by a breeder who supplies bucking horses for the rodeo circuit were found shot and killed in a pasture east of U.S. Highway 85.
On Sunday, two horses were found dead just six feet apart, their colts standing alongside them, and a third dead mare and its living colt were discovered Monday.
The horses are owned by Dale Kling of rural Grassy Butte, and were being kept in leased pasture about 1-1/2 miles east of the entrance to the Theodore Roosevelt National Park north unit.
Kami Kling said whoever shot the horses walked in on foot and apparently used a high-powered rifle. She said a trail goes east off the highway, slightly improved because of pipeline work, but the horses were too far down in a draw to have been shot from the road track.
Dale Kling is her brother-in-law and is traveling out of state. A phone call to him was not answered.
He supplies bucking horses for rodeo events in Canada and the United States and one of the dead mares' brother horses was in the National Finals Rodeo two years ago.
Kami Kling said she and her husband, Russ Kling, had checked the horses Saturday and planned to return to feed them Sunday, when they got a phone call Sunday morning reporting the dead horses from the pipeline crew working near the pasture.
Kami Kling said one of the mares was shot at least eight times and the other was shot in the head. She wasn't sure about the third one, found Monday.
She said the McKenzie County Sheriff's Department and the local game warden were at the scene Sunday evening.
A dispatcher at the sheriff's office said Monday that Sheriff Ron Rankin was not issuing any statement about the matter.
Kling said her brother-in-law, along with others, is planning to put up a reward for information.
There were 17 mares, all with colts, and one stud in the pasture.
Kling said the colts are old enough to wean, but it was sad to see them wait by their mothers. All the animals are being moved out of the pasture.
"It's just sickening. I don't know what kind of person would do this," she said. "All I pray is whoever did this gets what's coming to them," she said.
Anyone with information can contact the McKenzie County Sheriff's Department at 701-444-3654.
Article and picture: http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/article_e67324be-3dce-11e2-b91f-0019bb2963f4.html
HAY MAKER said:A big enough reward will catch the sick parasite, problem is all the law will do is slap his wrists, I like old justice run em into the ground and find a good tall tree.
Good luck
LazyWP said:HAY MAKER said:A big enough reward will catch the sick parasite, problem is all the law will do is slap his wrists, I like old justice run em into the ground and find a good tall tree.
Good luck
Yup, that is what ought to happen, to them and every other skunk!!