Sheriff's office investigates horse abuse north of RS

The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office is investigating claims of horses being sexually abused north of Rock Springs.

According to Jason Mower, public information officer for the sheriff’s office, the initial case was reported June 25 after a property owner turned over trail camera footage depicting a man trespassing into a private corral and initiating sexual intercourse with a mare. Mower said the property owner became suspicious after leaving the corral locked and returning to find it locked in a different manner than it had originally been locked.

Mower declined to release the suspe...