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LOS ANGELES - A free-roaming wild burro was severely injured after being shot with an arrow. A $24,000 reward is now being offered.

A 2-year-old female burro was shot with an arrow off Pigeon Pass Road in Riverside, Donkeyland Rescue said online.

Animal rescuers say the arrow was lodged within her thoracic region. It passed through a small portion of her right lung and is close to puncturing her left lung. The burro, named Cupid, was admitted to the hospital where the arrow was safely removed. However, the tip of the arrow was unable to be removed safely at that time. Cupid underwent a second surgery on Monday.

"It is very painful for her as it is scraping against the underside of her shoulder blade every time she moves. A chip of bone that was dislodged from the arrow is a

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