By Cathy Locke
clocke@sacbee.com
Placer County animal control officers are investigating an incident in which it appears a donkey was sprayed with acid in a Penryn-area pasture.
The animal's owner, Shannon McClurg, said this is the second time in five years that the 22-year-old donkey has been the target of such an attack. The latest incident occurred last weekend.
McClurg said she keeps two donkeys in a pasture off Butler Road. She speculated that the assailant used a high-powered squirt gun. She said the substance burned the animal's fur and skin, starting at the lower shoulder and extending down the leg.
The same donkey also was attacked in June 2005.
Placer County spokeswoman Anita Yoder confirmed that animal control officers are investigating the incident, but said she did not know whether the agency had received other reports of such attacks.
McClurg said she is installing motion-sensor lights around her property and has moved the donkeys into a smaller corral away from the road.
She is eager to see the perpetrator caught.
"People that have this kind of disregard for animals don't have any regard for people, either," McClurg said.
Call The Bee's Cathy Locke, (916) 321-5287.
Donkey targeted in acid attack
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