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Update: Police Department Apologizes for Shooting Death of Pony
Yesterday, we brought you the tragic story of Gir, the American Miniature Horse who was shot and killed by a police officer last month.
In an impressive turn of events, the Clackamas County Sheriff has issued an apology for the horse’s killing – and he admitted they made a mistake.
From KGW.com:
Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts has apologized for the death of a miniature horse euthanized by a deputy who said it couldn’t stand and appeared “beyond medical help.”
Roberts said Thursday in a statement that his officers should have taken other actions. He didn’t say what those were.
I grew up with horses and livestock in Clackamas County, and understand their profound value. We offer our sincere condolences to the Fitzgerald family. As detailed in the report, a judgment call was made in the field to humanely euthanize the animal; ultimately, other actions could and should have been taken. We made a mistake. We have approached the family about exploring ways to make this as right as we can. And we are examining our own procedures when dealing with this sort of situation in the future.
The sheriff released the original report about the incident:
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To the families of Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, I observed that they were damaged, and I sensed pain. I acted in the most humane way. I know that I will be forgiven. Really! I know, that you know that this isn’t a lie.
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we can only hope that someone runs across the officer when he’s elderly and puts him down because he has arthritis and has trouble getting up. Just like he did to the pony!
And cops wonder why they are hated!
I don’t know the facts but I would think the officer would have cleared the shooting with the owners of the pony. It was not his call.
When I was a kid however I hit two horses with my car and broke their legs and they put them down.
A couple of trucks had their high beam lights on high and in my eyes and I could not see the horses in the road until I hit them. It was really sad and remember to this day. All I saw at the last moment was legs and hit.