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(AP) -- Authorities are investigating who critically injured a horse on a Fayette County farm by shooting arrows into the animal.

Fayette County sheriff's investigator Brent Rowan says a neighbor driving along the road next to the farm Sunday noticed
three arrows sticking out of the 8-year-old horse called Misty.  He said the horse had arrows in its spine, face and neck.  The horse underwent a four-hour surgery to remove the arrows and is still recovering.  The vet told owner Nancy Padovano that the
horse could still have bone disease as a result.  Padovano said she rescued Misty three years ago.  She called the
shooting a "terrible act of cruelty."

The Georgia Outdoor Network is offering a $1,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest and conviction.
   

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