Authorities in Kansas are investigating the shooting death of a Quarter Horse mare in Atchison County.

Atchison County Undersheriff Joe Butner said an owner fed his 22-year-old mare and her 7-month-old foal in a pasture on the evening of Oct. 23. When the owner returned the next morning, he discovered the mare dead with a single gunshot to the head, Butner said.

“The mare was shot at close range right above the right eye,” he said. “We think her death was instantaneous.”

The foal was unhurt, he said

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