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A Georgia cop has revealed why he shot a family’s beloved pet donkey as his department released the officer’s report to quell outrage over the killing.
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department → reveal → killing
Trenton Garner, an officer in Cedartown, Georgia, shot and killed the donkey, named “HeeHaw,” on August 30.
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Garner → shoot → August
He was sent along with a K-9 handler and a bloodhound team to search for a girl who had been reported missing approximately two hours prior, according to his report.
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who → send → report
Garner said he and the other officers were following a trail through the woods and into a pasture.
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he → say → pasture
They found footprints near the route and began to search the area with the help of the dogs and a drone team from the Rockmart Fire Department, CBS News reports.
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News → find → Department
The officers' presence near the fence line scared the horses in the pasture off, but — according to Garner's account — the miniature donkey HeeHaw instead charged at the officers.
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donkey → scar → officers
“As we were tacking down the fence line, the horses in the pasture spooked and ran back away from us across the pasture,” Garner wrote.
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Garner → tack → pasture
“At this time, K-9 Handler Thomasson stated that there was a donkey on the side of the hill.
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Thomasson → state → hill
The donkey then began to charge at us.”
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donkey → begin → us
Garner also wrote that the Haralson County bloodhound team "retreated" from the miniature donkey.
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team → write → donkey
The officer said he tried to use his Taser but it did not stop HeeHaw.
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it → say → HeeHaw
He said he pulled out his department-issued weapon and fired, hitting HeeHaw.
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he → say → HeeHaw
The donkey turned away from the officers, ran up a hill, and then collapsed, according to the report.
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donkey → turn → report
Garner told his supervisor he shot the animal to protect the K-9 handler and the bloodhound team, The Rockmart firefighters operating the drone said they captured the incident on the machine's camera.
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they → tell → camera
The missing girl was eventually found safe further down the road the police were searching.
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police → miss → road
Hannah Israel, who owned HeeHaw, told police that the animal was worth approximately $6,000, and insisted he had never acted aggressively or tried to hurt anyone.
“Cops entered my pasture searching for a missing person WITHOUT permission or warning and shot and killed my bottle raised BABY donkey,” she wrote in a social media post on Sunday.
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she → own → Sunday
“HeeHaw was raised in the house and did petting zoos he never knew a stranger.
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he → raise → stranger
And was shot and killed in his OWN pasture for doing what donkeys do."
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donkeys → shoot → what
She said in a statement, posted by Elsberry Riding and Farm, that she is "heartbroken and traumatized" by HeeHaw's death and is demanding accountability and answers from the police.
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she → say → police
Israel also said she does not condone anyone sending death threats to Garner or anyone else involved in the incident.
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she → say → incident
"We can seek accountability without hatred," she wrote.
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she → seek → hatred
The Georgia Department of Agriculture Law Enforcement is investigating the incident.
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Department → investigate → incident
Garner has been placed on leave for the duration of that investigation.
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Garner → place → investigation
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