NATURAL CAUSES KILLED HORSE

The Todd County Sheriff's Department has concluded its investigation into the death and alleged mutilation of a horse earlier this month. Officials decided the horse died of natural causes and was scavenged by predators. Eleven-year old Katie Symalla found her Palomino pony Savannah in a field on November third. At first, some believed the horse had been mistaken for a deer and shot but a veterinarian's examination ruled that out. And there was no evidence at the scene that someone had mutilated the animal. A woman from Worthington gave Katie an eight-month-old horse to replace Savannah.