The Sumter County Sheriff's Office posted a warning to local horse owners on Facebook Thursday after a Central Florida family found their 10-year-old horse named Jayda dead near the pasture where she was being kept. "Special Attention Horse Owners...We are currently investigating an animal cruelty case that involved a horse being stolen and harvested for meat, from the Sumterville area," the sheriff's office wrote on Facebook. "Although this is the only incident in Sumter County, through the investigation we have learned it is on the rise throughout the state." The Manatee County Sheriff's Office posted a video of the suspect. Anyone with more information is asked to contact the Sumter County Sheriff's Office at 352-793-2621.

Source: Fox News December 13, 2019 13:52 UTC