Justice For Dually

A major new development today in the case of the abused rodeo horse “Dually”.

An arrest warrant was issued Tuesday for Flint David Dahl of Fort Pierre. He is facing one count of grand theft, an alternative count of grand theft and one count of inhumane treatment of an animal.

Action News Reporter Derick Fabert was in Mitchell, where Dually’s owners live, and he joined us Tuesday’s KSFY Action News Live At 6 with the latest information.

“We are at the rodeo grounds north of Mitchell. It’s similar to the Fort Pierre grounds.
We do have pictures of Dually’s injuries and we want to warn you that some of these pictures can be a bit disturbing.” (read more)

It’s taken nearly three months, but finally authorities have charged someone for alleged abuse of Dually the Rodeo Horse. It’s a case we’ve been following for several weeks now.

An arrest warrant was issued for Flint Dahl of Fort Pierre on Tuesday. He’s been charged with two counts of grand theft and one count of inhumane treatment of an animal.

According to court papers, Dahl admits taking the horse the morning of July 5. (read more)

By David Montgomery
Capital Journal staff
Published/Last Modified on Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009 – 01:50:17 pm CDT

FORT PIERRE — Stanley County State’s Attorney Thomas P. Maher said Monday he is still investigating the July 5 injury and alleged theft of the rodeo horse Dually.

“The investigation is continuing,” Maher said.

Maher said the investigation has had developments but declined to discuss them with the Capital Journal, a stance he has taken since the beginning of the case…(read more)

Latest update on Dually’s Conditon: (read more)

The Division of Criminal Investigation is involved in the case of Dually, the stolen horse.  KELOLAND News received dozens of emails, phone calls and faxes, from Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas and California, from people who want to see whoever stole Dually brought to justice.

Horse lovers are angry. Not only that someone would steal someone else’s horse, but also that someone might have abused it. 

“I would want to know who that person is and put them in prison right away,” Riley Riepma said. 

Thirteen-year-old Riepma has been riding horses since she was two. She shows them now and just finished in the top 10 at the nationals in New Mexico….(read more)

It’s been exactly one month since a rodeo horse was stolen from the Stanley County Fairgrounds in Fort Pierre and abused and still no one has been arrested.

The news has outraged horse lovers and animal rights activists all across the country. From blogs to emails, frustrations are mounting and rumors are spreading, even allegations of a cover-up.

Ft. Pierre is South Dakota’s rodeo capital and also home to World Champion Bare Back rider Casey Tibbs. But in the last month, this cowboy town has been bucked by rumors and accusations over a top-notch rodeo horse. (read more)

Published/Last Modified on Monday, Aug 03, 2009 – 01:28:20 am CDT

By David Montgomery
Capital Journal staff
Published/Last Modified on Friday, Jul 31, 2009 – 01:14:55 am CDT

By: Seth Tupper, The Daily Republic

The prosecutor handling the investigation into the alleged theft and abuse of a Mitchell woman’s barrel-racing horse says the version of events that was reported early on in the media and on blogs was not accurate.

Tom Maher, the state’s attorney for Stanley County, declined to identify any specific report but said he was referring generally to reports that “there was a horse that was stolen and tortured.” (read more)