USDA Wildlife Services issued a statement that doesn’t acknowledge that a child was injured.

The East Idaho News is reporting that a boy and a 3-year-old lab encountered an M-44 cyanide device on a ridge near Pocatello, Idaho on Thursday. The dog was killed by the device and the boy was covered with the cyanide powder but was not seriously injured. The Bannock County Sheriff’s Office responded to the a call from the father who told them of the incident. Deputies who responded determined that the device was placed by USDA Wildlife Services.

On Friday, USDA Wildlife Services issued a statement that didn’t even acknowledge that a child was involved but acknowledged the “unintentional lethal take of a dog in Idaho.”

Read more here Update: Gov’t agency issues statement after family dog killed by ‘cyanide bomb’ – East Idaho News

The Idaho Statesman has published another article here Wildlife Services acknowledges dog’s accidental death by cyanide | Idaho Statesman