Cape Cod Pony Attacked With Pitchfork: Police

HARWICH, MA — The Cape Cod community is rallying around a pony that was brutally attacked by someone wielding a pitchfork at a horse farm on Derby Lane in Harwich. A GoFundMe fundraiser was set up for Scottie, a champion Welsh Pony. As of 11:55 a.m. Tuesday, supporters have raised $27,160 to help pay Scottie's medical bills.

According to campaign organizer Claire Bangert, of the CB Equestrian Center, someone broke into the farm some time between Saturday night's feeding and Sunday morning's feeding. Four of the horses were let out of their stalls, including Scottie, who was impaled with a pitchfork handle. Police were called to the scene around 9 a.m. Sunday.

Bangert said a veterinarian rushed over and saved Scottie's life with a successful surgery.

"We are overjoyed to report that as of Monday morning, Scottie is perky, hungry, and stable ...," Bangert said in her GoFundMe post. "To those who have and continue to show up, reach out, help, bring meals, install security, give hugs, mend fences, make calls, we are immensely grateful.I will continue to believe that there is more good than evil, more help than hurt and more love than hate in this world.The community steps up and that’s what matters most."

Police said they are looking for the person responsible for the attack and have asked anyone in the area with security cameras on their property for assistance.

"We are deeply disturbed by this heinous attack on a defensless animal," Harwich police said in a Facebook post.

Anyone with information is asked to call Sgt. Bob Brackett at 508-430-7541.

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