Police in the Lunenburg area of Nova Scotia are investigating the fatal shooting of a horse.
The horse's death was reported to police on New Year's Day but the RCMP believe it was shot sometime between Dec. 20 and 25.
The white, seven-year-old female Percheron was last seen alive on Dec. 20.
The RCMP say the horse was one of four that roamed a 12-hectare property in Parkdale.
The other horses were not harmed.
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