A pony was killed during the night from Thursday to Friday in Ardèche, in Saint-Clair.
He was mutilated in a club in the town and human intervention is no doubt according to the mayor of the town, reports France Bleu.
“It was very violent because I saw that there were wounds on the animal's sides.
There were traces of blood on the walls of the stable, ”describes a neighbor.
A complaint has been filed and an investigation is underway.
It is led by the gendarmerie.
Analyzes were made on the animal in order to try to find out more.
In 2020, a series of mutilations of equines took place over a large part of French territory.
Several hundred cases have been registered.
After several months of investigation, the gendarmerie estimated that a large majority of these facts had in fact an accidental origin.
Questioned by Le Parisien, Lieutenant-Colonel Marie-Béatrice Tonanny explained at the end of the year that 84 of the 500 facts studied were of a criminal nature.
She noted an increase in reports of this type compared to other years.
“But despite everything, she remains measured.
She blamed this increase in particular on the media coverage generated by the abuse.
