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Man Charged in Beating Death of Horse
posted 08/06/09
9:28 am
Authorities say 20-year-old Benjamin Briney is accused of beating the horse with a wooden baseball bat in a wooded area near Monticello.
Arkansas Humane Society director Desiree Bender says Briney is likely one of the first - if not the first - person in Arkansas charged under the state's new felony animal cruelty law.
Drew County Sheriff Mark Gober says Briney was caring for the horse when it was attacked by another animal and was bleeding from the ears. Gober says the horse's owner told Briney he should "get rid" of the animal so he beat it to death.
Gober did not release the name of the horse's owner but says he has interviewed her.
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Latest Comments on "Man Charged in Beating Death of Horse"
posted by: whatwereuthinkin on 4:54 pm on 08/07/09
OMG!! This guy should be shot. If the horse was injured too bad to recover the least they could have done was have it HUMANELY euthanised. And what the heck does the owner have to say about this?? Actually, for the guy to be shot would be too humane, like the others...let him go the same way the poor horse did. He deserves that.
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