MBennettp
Well-Known Member
This happened several years ago but a friend told me about another case that happened recently. I wondered if it was the same people.
The story is this, the local law enforcement got a complaint about some horses that were being kept in a horse trailer and called me to go with them to check on the welfare of the animals ( I was an equine cruelty investigator at the time). When we arrived at the residence, there was a stock trailer sitting in the yard and inside were 2 ponies. The people did not have a fence so they just kept them in the trailer. The ponies had food and water and the trailer was clean but the ponies had almost no muscle tone. It seems that they had been living in the trailer for quite some time. They had not had turnout or even been taken out of the trailer for months.
After being seen by a vet the horses were removed from not only the trailer but also the owners, it took a long time for them to re-gain their muscle tone.
I wonder how the people would feel locked in a small room for months.
I cannot understand why anyone would do that to an animal. I could understand putting them in there in an emergency but why on earth would someone not at least get them out and exercise them and allow them room to move around or think that it is okay for long periods of time. It does not take that long nor cost that much to put up a fence and a run-in shed and if they couldn't afford fencing and a shed, what would happen if they needed a vet?
I got a Haflinger starvation case in January last year and she had a fence and a run-in before the day was out. I did it by myself. It isn't hard and doesn't take long either. I refuse to have an animal without shelter and without room to exercise.
I wish we could change the laws so that when someone abuses an animal they would get the same treatment as their animals.
Thanks for letting me vent.
Mary
The story is this, the local law enforcement got a complaint about some horses that were being kept in a horse trailer and called me to go with them to check on the welfare of the animals ( I was an equine cruelty investigator at the time). When we arrived at the residence, there was a stock trailer sitting in the yard and inside were 2 ponies. The people did not have a fence so they just kept them in the trailer. The ponies had food and water and the trailer was clean but the ponies had almost no muscle tone. It seems that they had been living in the trailer for quite some time. They had not had turnout or even been taken out of the trailer for months.
After being seen by a vet the horses were removed from not only the trailer but also the owners, it took a long time for them to re-gain their muscle tone.
I wonder how the people would feel locked in a small room for months.
I cannot understand why anyone would do that to an animal. I could understand putting them in there in an emergency but why on earth would someone not at least get them out and exercise them and allow them room to move around or think that it is okay for long periods of time. It does not take that long nor cost that much to put up a fence and a run-in shed and if they couldn't afford fencing and a shed, what would happen if they needed a vet?
I got a Haflinger starvation case in January last year and she had a fence and a run-in before the day was out. I did it by myself. It isn't hard and doesn't take long either. I refuse to have an animal without shelter and without room to exercise.
I wish we could change the laws so that when someone abuses an animal they would get the same treatment as their animals.
Thanks for letting me vent.
Mary