# Georgia officer faces no criminal charges over fatal donkey shooting

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/georgia-cop-wont-be-charged-for-shooting-and-killing-baby-donkey-named-heehaw-after-friendly-animal-ran-toward-him-at-farm/
- Published: 2026-11-04T15:41:43+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T15:52:43+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16264951/cop-wont-charged-shooting-killing-donkey.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Georgia police officer cleared of criminal charges over HeeHaw’s death.
- Owner’s legal team says it will continue its civil lawsuit.
- The donkey was shot during a search for a missing child.

## Summary

A Georgia police officer will not face criminal charges for fatally shooting HeeHaw, a one-year-old miniature donkey, at a farm in Cedartown. The decision closes the criminal case for now, but the donkey’s owner says she will continue a civil lawsuit, arguing the shooting was unjustified.

Officer Trenton Garner said he fired after a K-9 handler tried to deter the donkey with a Taser and it continued charging. The officers were searching for a missing 12-year-old girl on 29 August when they entered the farm’s pasture. The owner’s lawyer says she has not received official documents confirming the decision; a fundraiser for the farm and animal care raised more than $100,000.

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