An 18 month old filly was found dead in a field in Cluny, in Saône-et-Loire, on August 8. According to the breeder, the equine was caught with a lasso then savagely mutilated, one of the eyeballs was torn off and its genitals were severed.
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As reported by France 3 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté , a complaint was lodged, and an investigation was opened, entrusted to the Cluny gendarmerie. But the investigations promise to be complicated, the farm on which the murder took place, in the middle of the night, covers 120 hectares and does not have a video surveillance system. " No matter how much we tour, we can't avoid that, " said Virginie Martinot, owner of the filly, to the regional channel. The other horses in the field were not affected.
Several similar cases have been identified in France in recent months, all with the same signature, the right ear surgically cut. The motivations of the criminal (s), however, remain unknown. "S uperstition, fetishism, satanic, sectarian or other ritual " listed the Central Territorial Intelligence Service, in a note revealed by Le Parisien .
The offense of " acts of cruelty to an animal " is punishable by a fine of 30,000 euros and 2 years in prison.
