Beloved miniature horse ‘Buttercup’ shot dead in King County. Why?

In western Washington, this is the second fatal horse shooting reported to authorities in just 10 weeks.

HOBART, Wash. — It’s been about 10 weeks since a man shot an innocent horse in the head in Pierce County in a twisted act of sacrifice, according to police. That suspect is now in jail, but a strangely similar horse killing was discovered Monday morning near Maple Valley in unincorporated King County.

The horse killing was discovered after King County resident Stevie Jacobson had finished feeding her horses around 6 p.m. Sunday, she said.

“Everybody was fine, hunky dory,” she said. At that point, she left

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