MiniCooper
Active Member
I just moved into my neighborhood 4 months ago and have been watching this get worse. I have a neighbor with big horses that are getting severely underweight. The horses got thru their fence today and were on my property eating. I just let them eat....there are 5 of them. They are being kept on about an acre and little/no feed. I would probably rate them a 1, 2, 2, 3 & 3 on the Henneke body score. The property owner has about 10 acres, but keeps them confined to this little area.
I called animal control and no one answered. I called the humane society and haven't gotten a call back.
I took pictures of them all and looked them over. They all look severely wormy and malnourished. They all have rainrot, terrible feet and scars and fresh cuts from barbed wire. The youngest filly still had a rope halter on with the lead still attached to it dragging around her.
The owners finally realized her horses were out and found them at my place. She came over to collect them and was going on about how she couldn't believe they got out and that her horses never did this until she took in her friends horses....she was quick to say that she couldn't get a hold of her hay guy...she told me her husband was getting transfered to Houston. I asked what she was doing with the horses if her was getting transfered so far away. Of course, her horses were for sale for $500-700 a piece.
I have the property and the means to give her horses the care they need. I don't know how I would approach her about giving her some help with them. Is it silly to want to help her with theses animals?
I don't know if she really just doesn't realize how bad they are, I don't think she is meaning to be cruel to them.
I have a call in with animal control and the humane society already.....but I am willing to help her. And I want to...I think she does care about them, she just seems over her head.
Would any of you try to help someone in a case like this, or would you just call and let the rescue groups and such take care of it?
How would you approach the situation if you wanted to help someone like this?
We live in the same neighborhood and I can see her house from my front door.
I called animal control and no one answered. I called the humane society and haven't gotten a call back.
I took pictures of them all and looked them over. They all look severely wormy and malnourished. They all have rainrot, terrible feet and scars and fresh cuts from barbed wire. The youngest filly still had a rope halter on with the lead still attached to it dragging around her.
The owners finally realized her horses were out and found them at my place. She came over to collect them and was going on about how she couldn't believe they got out and that her horses never did this until she took in her friends horses....she was quick to say that she couldn't get a hold of her hay guy...she told me her husband was getting transfered to Houston. I asked what she was doing with the horses if her was getting transfered so far away. Of course, her horses were for sale for $500-700 a piece.
I have the property and the means to give her horses the care they need. I don't know how I would approach her about giving her some help with them. Is it silly to want to help her with theses animals?
I don't know if she really just doesn't realize how bad they are, I don't think she is meaning to be cruel to them.
I have a call in with animal control and the humane society already.....but I am willing to help her. And I want to...I think she does care about them, she just seems over her head.
Would any of you try to help someone in a case like this, or would you just call and let the rescue groups and such take care of it?
How would you approach the situation if you wanted to help someone like this?
We live in the same neighborhood and I can see her house from my front door.