Donkey Meets Grisly Demise

Dear Diary;

Donkey meets Grisly Demise

A black bear drags a pet donkey it killed early Wednesday morning on the Hawley farm near Mountain Grove. Photo courtesy of Wendy *****

Early Wednesday morning Bob Hawley, who lives on a farm on Dawson Road between Parham and Mountain Grove, made a sad and unfortunate discovery.

A donkey that he had purchased for his future daughter in-law was found killed near his home. It was not until he met up with his tenant, Wendy ******, that he understood what had happened.

Wendy, who rents a house on Hawley’s farm, had been up that morning at 5:30AM, heading to Westport to pick up her two young children and noticed outside her window a large black spot moving. She went outside to get a closer look and recalled, “It was a big full grown bear and it was tugging on whatever it was that he had, which I thought was a deer and he was trying to get it over the fence.” Wendy ran back inside and got her camera and was able to take a few pictures. The bear disappeared shortly after.

Hawley figures it’s about an 8 to 10-year-old bear weighing roughly 300-400 lbs and one they have seen around the property before. He noted that they saw a bear two weeks earlier that had pulled a bag of garbage out of the back of his truck.

This is the first time that a bear has taken an animal from the farm. And Hawley has no qualms about shooting the bear the next time that it comes around. Hawley’s wife, who loves to walk, is nervous to venture outside. Wendy also feels uncomfortable, having two young children.

CLEARLY that’s not a deer.
Bitch.