The news coverage was less than I would have hoped. Nevertheless it is a start.
The shot of the owner petting one horse with an extremely emaciated horse right behind him, and then the shot with just the owner and the emaciated horse, are to my mind very darning evidence that he does not have the ability to take care of these horses. I am sure I am not the only person that will see that. That makes me feel there is room to hope this will just be a start.
Who is good at capturing stills from video? A photo of the owner with that really emaciated horse in the background would make a great picture to show just what is going on here.
That said, my main concern would be to help the horses, not to try and go after the owner. He's obviously in over his head, crucifying him will not help the horses (as satisfying as it may be). It would be better if he voluntarily turned them over to others for care. Perhaps if the vet explains it's going to cost thousands and thousands of dollars to get those horses healty he will see reason. It doesn't matter to me if he "saves face" or whatever, all I care about is to try and help the horses.
ETA: I was not suggesting the owner was really good at repairing socks..... apparently the software "fixed" my word. You will have to add the m in for yourself. (This would be in the third sentence of my post.)