Police: Horse in Vermont shot to death by bow and arrow
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police in Vermont are searching for whoever shot and killed a horse with a bow and arrow.
Authorities say the 23-year-old mare, Bunny, was fatally shot sometime between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning in Barre.
WCAX-TV reports searchers discovered part of an arrow lying in the pasture. Another piece was found in the horse's stomach.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Though it is bow hunting season, Chief Timothy Bombardier says he doesn't believe the slaying was a hunting accident.
He says hunters aren't supposed to be out during the hours that investigators suspect the shooting happened.
Bombardier says Bunny also couldn't have been mistaken for a deer due to her size, color and where she was penned.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police say the killing is aggravated cruelty to a domestic animal and felony unlawful mischief.