BEEVILLE, Texas — A Beeville rancher is seeking answers after her mini-donkey was found shot to death over the Labor Day weekend, an incident that has sparked concern among landowners about their livestock's safety.

Molly Smith Thomas reached out to KRIS 6 News after she discovered her donkey, Enzo, was missing on Sunday while preparing to take him for breeding.

“We looked all over the land,” Thomas said. “We had a search party, about 10 people looking up and down the road, and they found him off the side of the road and he had been shot to death.”

Thomas said Enzo was a 10-year-old mini-donkey who came with the property she purchased a decade ago. She described him as a gentle animal beloved by her family and visitors.

Molly Thomas A young girl poses with Enzo, a beloved mini-donkey

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