This 2017 photo provided by Smiling Hill Farm shows Ava the goat with her two kids, Comet and Haley in Westbrook, Maine. Police are investigating the shooting death of Ava, which a Maine farm says happened on Feb. 18 during a snowstorm. (Siobhan Bolinger/Smiling Hill Farm via AP) This 2017 photo provided by Smiling Hill Farm shows Ava the goat with her two kids, Comet and Haley in Westbrook, Maine. Police are investigating the shooting death of Ava, which a Maine farm says happened on Feb. 18 during a snowstorm. (Siobhan Bolinger/Smiling Hill Farm via AP)

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine say they are searching for a suspect who shot and killed a pregnant goat at a family dairy farm.

The Scarborough Police Department said Thursday someone trespassed onto the farm’s property and shot the 5-year-old goat named Ava while the animal was sitting in a fenced-in pen over the weekend.

Smiling Hill Farm and Hillside Lumber says Ava was found dead during the Sunday morning feeding. The Portland Press Herald reports the farm is offering a $1,000 reward for the identification and arrest of the shooter.

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Information from: Portland Press Herald, http://www.pressherald.com