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Man shoots mule-chasing dog

CLYDE - A Clyde man, frustrated by dogs chasing his mule, shot at two that were in his pasture, hitting one of them.

The incident happened Wednesday on Laurelwood Drive in Haywood County. After being shot with the .22-caliber handgun, the wounded dog ran toward its home at an apartment complex on Rush Road, the man told deputies.

The same dogs have been in the man’s field chasing his mule several times, and he had called the sheriff’s office on those occasions to register complaints, according to a report on file at the Haywood County Sheriff’s Department.

After talking with the man, a deputy went to the apartments on Rush Road and was told by neighbors that the dog’s owners had taken their pet to an animal hospital. The deputy reported that he has been unable to find out the condition of the dog.