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Upstate goat shooting leads to more cruelty charges
Posted: 10.03.2011 at 6:26 PM
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Llamas at Lazy K Farms in Woodruff, SC / WHNS
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WOODRUFF, S.C. (AP) -- Spartanburg County deputies say two men already charged with killing a donkey and a llama at a Woodruff farm have now been charged with the fatal shooting of a goat.

Investigators said the owner of the farm saw the goat lying in a field Thursday, the same day he found a donkey and a llama dead on his land. He didn't realize the animal had been shot until the next day when the goat was in the same place. The goat had to be put down.

Deputies say 21-year-old Brandon Thomas confessed to shooting the goat while in jail on charges he shot the donkey and llama. Thomas and a 17-year-old male now face three counts of animal cruelty.

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It wasn't clear if Thomas or the teen had an attorney.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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