Debby - LB
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I have some friends who have many many horses. They are so proud of them, rarely sell any and seem to have to have More than anybody. It seems to be very importanty to them to ask "how many do you have" so they can then beat you.
They have been whispered about for years and I have heard reported, but the horses are still in the same boat.
Abuse is a very fine line I have found. To me it can be what some would call trivial and that would be no shelter, which most of these horses have none.
They in the last 2 years have gotten into minis also so now have about 15 of those along with their 20 or 22 big ones and a couple mini donks.
One of the minis is a Mare with back legs so messed up they call her hippo. she is bred every year and they say -'No fear, she has wonderful babies". they breed all of their horses and then just go out and find them. This year they went out and found their first mini Mare with the baby sticking 1/4 of the way out dead. the mare died a week later. 2 big horses were born deformed. Their big Stallion who they prize greatly throws club foot so they have many like that and they are bred also so it goes on and on.
All of them live on I would say 2 acres. The big horses are bony, the little ones so much hair I can't tell. Maybe the minis are getting enough I don't know for a fact that they are skinny too.
I worry so much about them in this cold weather. I don't go over there anymore and have not talked to them in a couple months but someone very close to me lives by them.
I heard the weather report this a.m. and those poor animals just pop into my head out of no where.
These people constantly talk about how much feed they buy and what it costs -the hay I wouldn't feed a goat. They genuinely don't see a problem. I see horses that need food and worming and a dry place to get out of the wind.
Well, I feel better just talking about that. I desperatly need to do something but want it to count you know. Not just be another so called report.
Is there any law that you know of regarding how many can be in one space?
They have been whispered about for years and I have heard reported, but the horses are still in the same boat.
Abuse is a very fine line I have found. To me it can be what some would call trivial and that would be no shelter, which most of these horses have none.
They in the last 2 years have gotten into minis also so now have about 15 of those along with their 20 or 22 big ones and a couple mini donks.
One of the minis is a Mare with back legs so messed up they call her hippo. she is bred every year and they say -'No fear, she has wonderful babies". they breed all of their horses and then just go out and find them. This year they went out and found their first mini Mare with the baby sticking 1/4 of the way out dead. the mare died a week later. 2 big horses were born deformed. Their big Stallion who they prize greatly throws club foot so they have many like that and they are bred also so it goes on and on.
All of them live on I would say 2 acres. The big horses are bony, the little ones so much hair I can't tell. Maybe the minis are getting enough I don't know for a fact that they are skinny too.
I worry so much about them in this cold weather. I don't go over there anymore and have not talked to them in a couple months but someone very close to me lives by them.
I heard the weather report this a.m. and those poor animals just pop into my head out of no where.
These people constantly talk about how much feed they buy and what it costs -the hay I wouldn't feed a goat. They genuinely don't see a problem. I see horses that need food and worming and a dry place to get out of the wind.
Well, I feel better just talking about that. I desperatly need to do something but want it to count you know. Not just be another so called report.
Is there any law that you know of regarding how many can be in one space?
