Sixteen More Horses Found Dead
Dennis Huspeni
Colorado Springs Gazette
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Calhan, Colorado (US):
The discovery Saturday of 16 more dead horses in eastern El Paso County has left ranchers worried and investigators puzzled over who or what is killing the animals.
In all, 22 horses and one burro have died under mysterious circumstances in the past two weeks in the same area. There is still no explanation for the deaths of the seven animals found Oct. 11. “I’ve never, never seen an animal die like that,” said William DeWitt, the lifelong rancher who owned the horses found Saturday.
“It certainly wasn’t natural.” DeWitt was speaking of a horse that looked as though it died
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before it hit the ground. It was on its stomach, legs bent, and nose in the dirt. The head was upright. “At first, I thought he was still alive,” DeWitt said. El Paso County Sheriff’s Deputy Andy Prehm said investigators found no signs of trauma and could not speculate what might have killed the horses, including some young ones.
t was also too early to say whether the deaths were connected to those of the seven animals found less than two miles away. The latest horses were found between Calhan Highway south and Calhan Road, south of Judge Orr Road.
All the horses found Saturday were within about 50 yards of each other, causing investigators and John Heikkila, the veterinarian investigating the case, to speculate about lightning, Prehm said. “There are no signs of foul play, but these were sudden deaths,” Prehm said.
Oct 23, 2005
Dennis Huspeni
Colorado Springs Gazette
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Calhan, Colorado (US):
The discovery Saturday of 16 more dead horses in eastern El Paso County has left ranchers worried and investigators puzzled over who or what is killing the animals.
In all, 22 horses and one burro have died under mysterious circumstances in the past two weeks in the same area. There is still no explanation for the deaths of the seven animals found Oct. 11. “I’ve never, never seen an animal die like that,” said William DeWitt, the lifelong rancher who owned the horses found Saturday.
“It certainly wasn’t natural.” DeWitt was speaking of a horse that looked as though it died
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before it hit the ground. It was on its stomach, legs bent, and nose in the dirt. The head was upright. “At first, I thought he was still alive,” DeWitt said. El Paso County Sheriff’s Deputy Andy Prehm said investigators found no signs of trauma and could not speculate what might have killed the horses, including some young ones.
t was also too early to say whether the deaths were connected to those of the seven animals found less than two miles away. The latest horses were found between Calhan Highway south and Calhan Road, south of Judge Orr Road.
All the horses found Saturday were within about 50 yards of each other, causing investigators and John Heikkila, the veterinarian investigating the case, to speculate about lightning, Prehm said. “There are no signs of foul play, but these were sudden deaths,” Prehm said.
Oct 23, 2005
