Horse Shot In Dallas, SPCA Seeks Shooter

MCKINNEY, TX — The SPCA of Texas is investigating working to find the person responsible for shooting a horse that was tied to a tree in Southeast Dallas on June 14. A $5,000 reward from the Murrell Foundation is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the shooter or shooters.

On Thursday, June 14, Dallas Animal Services received a call claiming a horse tethered to a tree in Southeast Dallas had a gunshot wound. Dallas Animal Services and the Dallas Police Department removed the horse and called the SPCA of Texas to take on the case.

The SPCA took in the horse on the morning of Friday, June 15, and immediately rushed him to be seen by an equine veterinarian. After receiving treatment, the horse was transported to the Russell H. Perry Animal Care Center in McKinney, where he will continue to receive medical care.

The SPCA of Texas has attempted to find the shooter who committed this crime, but the investigation has so far not produced credible leads. The organization asks that anyone with information please contact the organization at 214-461-1850.

"There is a well-documented link between animal cruelty and human violence," said SPCA of Texas President James Bias. "Helping the City of Dallas bring these individuals to justice will help stop the cycle of abuse."

The SPCA of Texas points out that animal cruelty is often an early warning sign of violent tendencies that will be acted out against people. Childhood cruelty to animals has been linked to later antisocial and aggressive behavior in several retrospective studies.

The SPCA of Texas is committed to stopping this cycle through maintaining an active Animal Cruelty Investigations team that responds to reports of abuse and neglect in seven North Texas counties, through working with partners to strengthen animal cruelty laws, by encouraging the community to get involved in their local and state government to advocate for animals and by encouraging individuals to report all suspected animal cruelty to their local law enforcement agency and the SPCA of Texas. To report suspected cruelty or abuse to the SPCA of Texas, call 214-742-SPCA (7722) or visit www.spca.org/abuse.

The SPCA of Texas will do everything in its power to assist law enforcement as they work with prosecutors to take any cases of animal cruelty as far as possible under state law and bring these individual(s) to justice.
To help support the SPCA of Texas and its efforts to help abused, neglected and homeless animals and to support the SPCA of Texas' other programs and services, please visit www.spca.org/helptheanimals. To learn more about the SPCA of Texas, please visit our website at www.spca.org.

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