A videotape of mules "diving" last Saturday into a 6-foot-deep pool at a Pipe Creek dude ranch was among the evidence forwarded this week to Bandera County Attorney Kerry Schneider for review. A deputy who investigated the spectacle reported finding no evidence of animal cruelty.

Deputy Shane Merritt said no prodding was needed for the three miniature mules to scale a ramp leading to a platform 16 feet above the water at Lightning Ranch. The animals then stepped onto a sloped plank and made a splash. "I didn't think it was animal cruelty," said Merritt, noting the animals had performed the trick for years as part of a traveling road show before recently becoming weekly headliners at the ranch owned by Bill Rivers.

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It still seems to me that one of these mules could flip and go tumbling or jumping off the side of the ramp.