Maez family, via The Denver Channel
The family’s beloved horse, Nickel, was cut into pieces.PUEBLO — People for Ethical Treatment of Animals announced Wednesday that it is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest an animal death case in Colorado.
A Pueblo-area family found their beloved horse, Nickel, butchered the morning of Jan. 12.
The 22-year-old animal was cut into pieces, with all the meat carefully stripped from its bones.
The horse’s heart and liver also were removed.
The lock to the front gate of the family’s Pueblo-area ranch was cut. A lock on a semitrailer on the property also was cut, and a portion of fence was taken down.
Neither the family nor neighbors heard unusual before the carcass was discovered.
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