The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is looking for information about the owner of a horse found wandering near China Hat Road Sunday.
The horse, a brown quarter horse gelding, was found wandering near mile post 9. He was extremely thin when deputies found him.
The horse, which the Sheriff’s Office has temporarily named Maverick, was taken to the Sheriff’s Office’s Livestock Rescue Facility to recover.
Anyone with information about a possible owner of the horse or with any other information about Maverick should call 541-693-6911. Callers should reference case number 12-147332.