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Humane Society Offering $2,500 Reward in Most Recent Horse Attack

At the time Lucinda was attacked earlier this month, the person believed responsible for the previous attacks was still incarcerated.

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SPIRIT's horse, Lucinda, was cut and wounded over the weekend. She was one of the horses who was stabbed in the first set of attacks on animals in the area in April. (July 2012) Fairfax County Police Department

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SPIRIT's horse, Lucinda, was cut and wounded over the weekend. She was one of the horses who was stabbed in the first set of attacks on animals in the area in April. (July 2012)

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Frying Pan Farm Park Manager Tawny Hammond pets Lucinda, who received two stab wounds to her hindquarters on the night of April 25-26. Three horses in the SPIRIT Open Equestrian program were injured and police are looking for a suspect. (April 2012)

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Spirit, left, Tess, center in the background, and Lucinda, right, received non life-threatening injuries after being stabbed on the night of April 25-26. The three horses are used in the SPIRIT Open Equestrian Program, which provides riding lessons to children with disabilities. (April 2012)

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Volunteer and therapeutic riding instructor Linda Trochim gives some affection to Lucinda, a horse who was stabbed twice in the overnight hours on April 25-26. Lucinda is one of three horses in the SPIRIT Open Equestrian Program that was stabbed. (April 2012)

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The attacks on the SPIRIT Open Equestrian Program’s horse, Lucinda, have prompted the Humane Society of the United States to offer a reward of up to $2,500.

The reward will be given for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the second knife attack on her.

Lucinda was one of three of SPIRIT’s horses that was injured in April. She was cut again earlier this month. The original person believed responsible was apprehended by Fairfax County police, but not before attacking four more animals at Frying Pan Farm Park in May.

The Humane Society says there is a correlation between animal cruelty and many other crimes, from narcotics and firearms violations to sexual assault and violence against other humans.

“It takes a truly merciless person to violently attack an innocent animal like this,” said Laura Donahue, Virginia state director for The Humane Society of the United States said on the Humane Society’s website.

“We applaud the Fairfax County Police for aggressively investigating this crime, and hope our reward will bring forward anyone with information and help provide the community some sense of justice.”

Fairfax County Police ask anyone with information possibly related to the case or who may have seen something suspicious to contact the department at 703-691-2131, or to contact Crime Solvers anonymously at 1-866-411-8477.