Puppycide

Georgia Cop Claimed Petting Zoo Donkey Was Charging at His Team When He Shot It

In an incident report, the officer who shot the donkey wrote that he had to shoot the donkey to save himself and a K-9 team from injury.

C.J. Ciaramella | 9.2.2026 2:28 PM

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(Illustration: Cedartown Police Department incident report (Case #26-7475)/Lifeonwhite/Envato)

A Georgia police officer wrote in a report that he was forced to fatally shoot a petting zoo donkey named HeeHaw to save himself, a fellow officer, and a team of bloodhounds from the charging animal.

The Sunday shooting in Polk County, Georgia, made national headlines after the anguished owner of the small donkey posted on Facebook vowing to pursue legal action for the killing. The chief of the Cedartown Police Department announced that the officer involved has been put on leave, and an investigation into........

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