An Oregon woman faces multiple criminal charges in connection with the shooting of two horses in a Deschutes County pasture on July 10.

Deschutes County Sheriff's Deputy Sargeant Bryan Husband said patrolling sheriff's deputies discovered Inga Kremnitz carrying a rifle while running alongside a remote road in Bend. When deputies approached Kremnitz, she told them she was shooting sage rats in a field nearby where she also discovered a horse bleeding from its nose.

Upon investigation, Deschutes County deputies and detectives discovered a Quarter Horse gelding with a gunshot wound to the head and a Quarter Horse mare with gunshot wounds to the chest and hind quarters.

The horses' owners were called to the scene and transported the animals to the Bend Equine Medical Center for treatment. They are expected to recover