An Alabama man is trying to find out why someone shot and killed one of his hunting dogs on leased land.

Kenneth Fountain told Fox 10 that his dog was shot on Dec. 17 during a raccoon hunt in Pollard, Alabama. He reported the shooting the night it happened, but no arrests have been made as of this writing.

Fountain said he was hunting with his three blue tick hounds on leased land in Pollard through his hunting club, Pollard Swamp. During the hunt, he said he could hear a man yelling threats from a nearby property.

He said he was surprised by the threats since his dogs have no history of violence and were simply doing what they were trained to do. Worried about his own safety, Fountain said he called and reported the threats to a game warden. He heard gun shots while he was still on the phone with the warden.

Fountain then followed the dog’s GPS collar to its last known location. He found the hound in shallow water, suffering from a gunshot and unable to move its hind legs.

“His back end was just locked up. He was paralyzed,” Fountain said. “We pulled him up to the sand bar and that’s when I saw he had a gunshot wound through his spine.” The dog died from the injuries.

“He killed a dog that wasn’t bothering him. It was a hunting dog doing was it was trained to do,” Fountain said. “That dog did not go over to his property. He just has rage in him; he came over and did that on his own.”

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A warden arrived at the scene and the dog’s body was turned over to Flomaton Police, before the case was taken over by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators then took the dog to a veterinarian in Atmore for testing and evidence collection.

Fountain says he has yet to receive info or updates about the case, and no arrests have been made. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says the investigation remains active, so details are sealed. According to Sheriff Heaton Jackson, if an arrest is made, the charge will be felony animal cruelty.

Fountain says the lack of answers has made it difficult to move on from the loss of his canine hunting partner he raised from a puppy.

“I want justice for my dog, and I want that dog to be paid for,” Fountain said.