Mounted officer shoots and kills dog after it attacked the police horse he was riding

FLORIDA -- A mounted police officer shot and killed a dog in a Miami park after the animal started biting the legs of the horse he was riding.

 

According to Miami police, the officer was on patrol inside Domino Park when the dog, believed to be a stray pit bull, came up and began biting at the horse.

 

Witnesses say the officer pulled his mount away, but after the dog followed him around the park, he decided there was no option but to shoot the animal.

Another witness, Jacroy Rivas added that the horse was kicking the dog before the officer shot it, and may have kicked it in the mouth.

 

She described hearing a gun shot and seeing blood on the dog before watching it walk away to die.

Police said the horse, named Sara, was taken to the Miami Police stables and had 'deep injuries to a front and hind leg.'

(Daily Mail - July 22, 2014)