A horse brought to the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University yesterday (Jan. 14) from Spencer, Mass. with gunshot wounds has undergone emergency surgery to manage bone and soft-tissue injuries to the head, veterinarians said.

On Jan. 15, Carl Kirker-Head, MA, VetB, associate professor of surgery for the equine hospital, surgically removed the horse's eye and multiple bone fragments caused by several gunshot wounds. He said the procedure took more than three hours.

The horse is a 22-year-old gray Paso Fino stallion named Picaro. He was brought to the large animal hospital yesterday by Carol Gaucher of Spencer Animal Control and walked in under his own power.

"We removed Picaro's right eye and multiple bone fragments caused by gunshots this afternoon (Jan. 15)," said Kirker-Head. "He is currently recovering from anesthesia