Police have arrested Ivan Dash, a 28-year-old labourer of Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo, who allegedly killed an injured horse at about 9.30 am on 2023/08/07 on the Vergenoegen sea dam.
Dash told the Police that his horse was crossing over a bridge when one of the boards broke, and the horse’s back leg fell through. This resulted in the back right leg of the horse sustaining severe injuries, the police said. Dash said the horse was in visible pain and groaning loudly, and because of this, he went to the seawall and shot the horse in the head, resulting in the animal’s death. He later burnt the carcass.