The animal had been left alive, by its owner known as Gregory, to graze on a piece of reserve land.

The man suspects it was wounded and thrown in the water to drown.

The father of two, who lives at Jibb, said he recently purchased the horse for his cart to transport lumber from a sawmill at Charity.

Gregory said he cannot understand why anyone would kill it and he reported the incident to Police.

Recently, at Better Hope, a donkey was tied in a bus shed and set afire with gasolene, causing its death.

In another case of cruelty to animals, a man dragged a cow with a tractor along La Resource Public Road, also on Essequibo Coast, where he left it to die. (Rajendra Prabhulall)
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