Horse Found Dead After Getting Out of Pasture

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El Paso County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating a case of extreme animal cruelty resulting in death.

A horse wandered off of its owner’s property and onto another man's property.

What happened next is unclear but the horse was found dead next to a road.

For now, deputies will only confirm that they are investigating the horse’s death.

But people who live there say a man who lives where the horse was found has threatened to shoot stray animals before.

There are conflicting reports whether Sure Foot was shot or poisoned.

The owner says her pony got through the fence and wandered onto a neighbor’s property.

The neighbor then stuck a note on the owner’s door about the stray animal.

People who live nearby say the man who left the note has made threats about loose livestock before.

"He's made remarks before cause there are cows over in the other pasture and he said they better never get out because if they do and they come on my property I will shoot them," said neighbor Billie MaManigal.

And supposedly the threats don’t stop there.

"I understand he doesn’t like anyone going on his property that he’ll shoot them if they go on his property," Sure Foot’s owner said.

People we talked to say the man claims the horse accidentally got into some antifreeze.

Convenient. RIP poor little guy.