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Cop Says 3-Foot Petting Zoo Donkey HeeHaw ‘Charged’ Him, So He Shot the Bottle-Raised Baby

Listen, we at Twitchy 'Back the Blue', but come on. 

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This police officer was so scared of a mini donkey he had to shoot it? A mini donkey used at petting zoos with little kids? The mini donkey named 'Hee Haw'?

The Georgia cop who killed baby donkey HeeHaw claimed he shot the donkey because the beloved animal was charging at him – as his heartbroken owner has shared a tragic clip from his final days.

Trenton Garner fired one shot at the 1-year-old donkey after going into his pasture at the Elsberry Riding and Farm ranch in Rockmart, Ga, at around 12:45 a.m. Sunday, during a search for a missing 12-year-old girl, according to an incident report seen by The Post. 

The Cedartown Police Department officer, a K-9 handler, and a bloodhound team made their way into the petting zoo after following a trail of footprints – before coming across some horses.

Was the donkey charging or was the donkey coming over for a pet?

“Cops entered my pasture searching for a missing person WITHOUT permission or warning  and shot and killed my bottle raised BABY donkey,” she wrote online Sunday, vowing to take legal action.

“HeeHaw was raised in the house and did petting zoos he never knew a stranger. And was shot and killed in his OWN pasture for doing what donkeys do. Alerting to a stranger. 

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This was an animal who clearly had no fear of humans. This is just sick.

Police have a very difficult job. There is no disputing that. They also have to use sound judgment and this was not that. 

It was just so unnecessary. 

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If this was his first response to a harmless animal, how can he handle a violent criminal without using lethal force? 

If he's scared of a 3-foot-tall hand raised donkey, he should maybe not be a police officer.