December 16, 2007 @ 7:45 pm
Horse Cruelty
There have been a few recent reports of animal cruelty cases in the UK. In one case, a woman was banned from owning horses for 10 years, given community service and fined. I am always shocked that people can either mis-treat or not provide proper care for their animals. Often the owners involved have had animals for years so how can they not be aware of the problem or do something to address it? It takes some time for animals to deteriorate to the level where the owners are reported for cruelty.
The recent cases were bad based on the photos I’ve seen and the animals were considerably under-weight. However, a few months ago on Animal Planet I saw the worst cases I have ever seen. The horses were literally skin and bone. The inspectors thought they had not been fed for months. It was appalling and more amazingly all of the horses recovered well, including two who laid down and could not get up at the animal rescue centre. One needed a number of people to help it stand up and the other had to be kept in a sling for a number of days. I hope I never see any animal as thin as this again.
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