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A hunter is facing criminal charges for killing and skinning two pet German Shepherds he allegedly mistook for wild coyotes in Connecticut.
Accused dog killer Michael Konschak allegedly struck the two canines with a crossbow while he was out hunting last November, according to the arrest warrant application. After the 61-year-old killed the animals, he then allegedly skinned them to keep their pelts.
Konschak, of Putnam County, NY, claimed to authorities he mistook the pups for coyotes when he fired at them, the warrant said.
The two dogs, a female named Lieben and male named Cimo, both 10, were missing for weeks after they escaped from their family’s yard in Ridgefield, Conn. A bear is suspected of tearing part of the fence down.
The dogs’ family searched for the pets constantly and put up fliers of them around the area.
