Horses Shot in Outlook, WA!

[Sunny Acres Ranch]

OUTLOOK -- Police want your help to find those who shot several horses over the weekend, killing one of them.

The Yakima County Sheriff's Office says four horses in a pasture near Price and Hudson Roads near outlook were shot between Saturday night and Sunday morning. One died, and another may not live.

Owners used the animals as riding horses for kids. deputies are calling the crime animal cruelty and vandalism. If you know anything about the shooting, call 509-574-2500.

[Sunny Acres Ranch]

OUTLOOK, Wash. — Yakima County Sheriff’s investigators have no clues yet about who shot four riding horses in a pasture here last weekend.

Authorities said the four horses, which have been used for youth group rides, were found Sunday in a pasture near Price and Hudson roads.

One was dead, a second was seriously wounded and not expected to live, and two were shot at least once but were likely to survive, the sheriff’s office said. Two other horses were not harmed.

Stew Graham, sheriff’s chief of detectives, did not have updated conditions of the horses Thursday.

Sheriff’s detectives are investigating the incident for malicious mischief and animal cruelty, Graham said. It also could mean reckless endangerment if any homes or people were nearby at the time, and it could result in a felony depending on the value of the horses, Graham said.

Random shooting of farm animals isn’t common, but when it does happen it usually involves cattle, Graham said,

Authorities ask anybody with information to contact the sheriff’s office at 509-574-2500.