Mare’s killing puts animal cruelty under South Dakota Capitol spotlight

Mare’s killing puts animal cruelty under South Dakota Capitol spotlight

Cheyenne PIERRE — Grisly details in the killing of a horse near Pactola Reservoir last fall are fueling a push to toughen South Dakota’s animal cruelty laws.Six months after an October assault occurred on Lacey Wolff and her husband’s ranch near Pactola Reservoir, no arrest has been made in connection with the death of their mare, Cheyenne, and the investigation remains open. But if the perpetrator alleged to have raped and sodomized the animal …