BOISE, Idaho — Just hours after offering a reward for information connected to the shootings of pet dogs in Boise, the Idaho Humane Society says no more dogs have been shot.
"After reviewing medical information, we have found that no gunshots were fired and the incident in Star, Idaho remains an isolated incident," the nonprofit wrote.
Earlier, the humane society had sent out a press release touting a $2,500 reward for information about dogs being shot. Idaho Humane wrote that two more dogs had been shot in a Boise yard on Thursday, calling the incident "simply unfathomable."
That was not true, IHS spokeswoman Kristine Schellhaas told KTVB later Friday morning.
Two dogs were injured in a fight with each other, she said, but neither was shot. It's unclear why Idaho Humane, which posted that it was investigating the incidents alongside Boise Police, believed there had been a shooting.
The Ada County Sheriff's Office is investigating a real shooting that killed a dog in Star Monday.
The sheriff's office says Dixie, a 9-month-old Border Collie mix, was shot three times with a pellet gun inside her fenced backyard on West Gambrell Street. The dog's owners were not home at the time.
No one has been arrested in that case, and anyone with information is asked to call Ada County Dispatch at 208-377-6790.
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