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Georgia Cop Claimed Petting Zoo Donkey Was Charging at His Team When He Shot It
A Cedartown police officer shot and killed a donkey named HeeHaw at Elsberry Riding and Farm during a search for a missing child. The officer was placed on administrative leave. According to an incident report, the officer's team said the donkey charged at them and that a taser was used to try to deter it before the shooting occurred, while the donkey's owner has given a differing account. The missing child was later found safe at a church near the pasture, and the sheriff's office expressed condolences to the family.
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‘He Was My Son’: Police Kill Beloved Baby Donkey In His Own Pasture
The Daily Wire frames the story primarily as an emotional loss for the owner and her family, leading with her quote 'He was my son,' and emphasizes that the missing child was found safe, the Polk County Sheriff's Office clarifying its deputies were not involved, and the sheriff's office's expression of condolences. It does not include the officer's own account of the shooting.