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Dec 1, 2008 9:05 am US/Eastern
Horse Found Shot To Death On Frederick County Farm
WOLFSVILLE, Md. (AP) ―
A Wolfsville family says a horse on their property was shot and killed Saturday, the first day of gun season for deer hunters in Maryland.
Vernon Stottlemyer says his sister-in-law's 12-year-old gelding, Prince, was found with a bullet hole in his stomach Saturday evening.
He suspects a hunter mistook the horse for a deer. Stottlemyer, who is a hunter, says the horse was killed with a bullet from a high powered rifle.
Stottlemyer says the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police and a Frederick County Sheriff's deputy responded to the shooting. Neither agency could be reached for comment Sunday.
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