The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has determined that an animal attack did not cause a fatal injury to a Sanilac County Quarter Horse.

Earlier this month, an owner reported that her Quarter Horse was in a pasture when he sustained a bone-deep leg wound. A veterinarian treated the animal, but later euthanized the horse due to the wound’s severity. Ed Golder, DNR spokesman, said at the time that a wild animal could have been responsible for the attack. Wildlife biologists from the DNR subsequently investigated the incident.

On June 10, DNR wildlife biologist Don Bonnette said investigators determined that the injury did not result from an attack by a wild or domestic animal.

“The wound was clean, well-defined, and almost perfect,” Bonnette said. “Animal bites are not pretty. They have rough edges