A Las Vegas veterinarian who went lacking in early April — shortly after a video of him brutally kicking a horse within the face surfaced on-line — was discovered useless in a lake Friday.
Dr. Shawn Frehner, 56, was recovered from Lake Mead, a reservoir spanning from Nevada to Arizona. Authorities combed the reservoir after discovering his truck and a number of private belongings close to the water’s edge final week.
His id was confirmed on Monday, the Las Vegas Assessment-Journal reported.
Frehner initially disappeared on April 6 after he was captured bodily abusing a horse he was imagined to be treating. He later apologized on Fb after the video went viral — and defended his actions earlier than vanishing.
“I didn’t blatantly haul off and kick this horse because it seems within the video,” Frehner wrote, in keeping with News8Now. “That was not my intention in any respect. It was completed merely to get the horse in a greater place in order that he might breathe and rise up and transfer so I might once more attempt to anesthetize.
“However sure I did kick him proper within the chin and I very a lot do apologize and need this by no means occurred.”
Frehner was set to face felony prices for animal abuse on the time of his disappearance.
Shawna Gonzalez, whose animals Frehner had handled since August, captured the footage of the veterinarian beating her horse Large Pink.
“It’s horrible, I by no means, ever wished this upon him, I by no means wished this upon anyone,” Gonzalez instructed 8NewsNow. “This isn’t what I needed in the long run in any respect.”
Large Pink suffered in depth accidents that can seemingly require hundreds of {dollars} to deal with, together with abrasions to his cranium.
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