COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Two pigs were violently attacked twice in the same week by humans at Venetucci Farm and the El Paso County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help figuring out who may be responsible.

On April 1, Susan Gordon and her husband Patrick Hamilton, who manage the Venetucci Farm, noticed two of their pigs had large jagged lacerations on them. At first, they suspected it might have been caused by wild animals, but upon closer inspection, determined they were human-caused.

"These t-posts, big heavy t-posts, in the corners [of the pig's pen] had been pulled out and found in the middle of the field. The wound on one of the pigs was consistent with someone using the post to beat them," explained Gordon. She added the smaller pig appeared to have a broken jaw from the attack.

The second attack happened Monday night.

"We came out here to find the bigger of the two loose. The electric fencing was down and the smaller one had her rear legs bound with twine," said Gordon.

The little one, who is about seven months old, still walks with a noticeable limp, unable to put any weight on her back leg.

"Initially we thought we may have had to put the little one down after the first attack, but she bounced back pretty well and started eating and the wound healed pretty well," said Gordon.

The pigs that are currently penned near the highway will soon be moved further onto the property to help protect against more attacks. They also hope media attention will help prevent more attacks and hope a reward will help find the suspect(s).

Lt. Lari Sevene of the El Paso County Sheriff's Office said this is the first animal abuse case she's seen involving pigs.

"The fact it happened twice in such close proximity of time to the same farm is pretty unusual," said Sevene.

When asked whether this kind of violence shown towards animals can be a precursor to violence against people, Sevene said, "It's not absolute, but certainly something that can be a precursor to someone who has a tendency toward violence and could establish a propensity to violence toward people -- that's obviously something that's a concern."

Anyone with any information about this crime is asked to call the El Paso County Sheriff's Dispatch Center at 719-390-5555.

"No detail is too small," reminded Sevene.