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Las Vegas veterinarian who filmed kicking horse in the face found dead in Lake Mead — weeks after disappearance

April 21, 2025
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Las Vegas veterinarian who filmed kicking horse in the face found dead in Lake Mead — weeks after disappearance
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A Las Vegas veterinarian who went missing in early April — shortly after a video of him brutally kicking a horse in the face surfaced online — was found dead in a lake Friday.

Dr. Shawn Frehner, 56, was recovered from Lake Mead, a reservoir spanning from Nevada to Arizona. Authorities combed the reservoir after finding his truck and multiple personal belongings near the water’s edge last week.

Las Vegas veterinarian Dr. Shawn D. Frehner handling a horse, possibly in a graphic video screenshot from FOX5
Shawn Frehner was seen kicking a horse in the face. FOX5
Veterinarian Shawn Frehner sitting on a ram, resembling celebrity Ron Yary
The Las Vegas veterinarian was found dead weeks after video footage showed him abusing a horse. Facebook

His identity was confirmed on Monday, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

Frehner originally disappeared on April 6 after he was captured physically abusing a horse he was supposed to be treating. He later apologized on Facebook after the video went viral — and defended his actions before vanishing.

“I did not blatantly haul off and kick this horse as it appears in the video,” Frehner wrote, according to News8Now. “That was not my intention at all. It was done simply to get the horse in a better position so that he could breathe and get up and move so I could again try to anesthetize.

Search boat looking for missing Las Vegas veterinarian, Dr. Shawn D. Frehner, on Lake Mead
Police recovered Frehner’s body in Lake Mead. Fox 5

“But yes I did kick him right in the chin and I very much do apologize and wish this never happened.”

Frehner was set to face felony charges for animal abuse at the time of his disappearance.

Shawna Gonzalez, whose animals Frehner had treated since August, captured the footage of the veterinarian beating her horse Big Red.

A man, possibly resembling Mark Woodforde, sitting on a chair with a small donkey, identified as Vet Shawn Frehner
Frehner had been treating Shawna Gonzalez’s animals since August. Facebook

“It’s horrible, I never, ever wished this upon him, I never wished this upon anybody,” Gonzalez told 8NewsNow. “This is not what I wanted in the end at all.”

Big Red suffered extensive injuries that will likely require thousands of dollars to treat, including abrasions to his skull.

The post Las Vegas veterinarian who filmed kicking horse in the face found dead in Lake Mead — weeks after disappearance appeared first on New York Post.

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