Investigators are searching for information pertaining to the shooting death of a pregnant wild horse found Dec. 27, 2005, on the Outer Banks of Currituck County, N.C. A local resident found the 2-year-old mare, who was six to seven months pregnant, shot in the stomach, according to Lt. Jason Banks of the Currituck County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators have not publicly identified the type of gun used.

“The shooting was just meanness,” said Donna Snow, co-director (along with her husband) of the Corolla Wild Horse Fund.

“We have a task force in Virginia Beach, and we’re trying to get a helicopter so we can fly over and check for other horses that might have been shot,” Snow said. Snow and her husband, Gene, are retired police officers from the area and are part of a search and rescue team.

“The last time this happened (2001), we found four others (shot) within about a half-mile radius of the initial horse (by using a helicopter),” said Snow. “I hope we don’t find any more