unspoken930
Fish Crazy
I live in a very horsey community just north of Atlanta, Georgia. In this area, you do not see neglected horses often. There may be some older, skinny ones, but no where near this condition. There is a horse wellness scale, 10 being obese and 1 being so skinny and malnurished that it is hard to move. I have rated this horse a 2, and I'll post pictures of some of my horses that are rated about a 5-7 which is fit, not fat or skinny.
Today, when I walked by this horse, I took a camera because people just werent believing it. The horse smells like death. My horses will smell sometimes, but only becuase they rolled in mud or something else and it is washed off within 2 days or so. Anyways...
These are of the Mal-nurished boy
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And this is one of my horses who is around 18 years old and still looks great, infact he has the most energy of the 6 horses at my barn.
My mom and I have called the department of agriculture but they cant do anything is there is one morsel of grain on the property, so I assume there is, though it could be dog food. Infact, these people run a dog grooming business and keep this horse in their front yard, which is basically a mudhole with the occasional sprig of grass. You would think that if you took in peoples dogs, you would keep nice looking horses in the front yard, not a bag of bones. To get your dog into the building you have to walk past the pen in which this horse is kept.
There is a man who works at the kennel there who one of our friends talked to about this horse, and he said he just gives the horse water when the bucket is empty and has been wondering why the horse was becoming so skinny. He said he had contacted a friend in New York about the horses but he has absolutely no idea what to do, afterall he is just hired to keep the kennels cleaned.
If any of you guys have any ideas of what i could do next, please tell me. If you live around here I will give you the address of the place through PM, however I dont want to publically announce it as I feel that would be rude, though i dont see how keeping a starving horse is any better.
Thanks guys.
Today, when I walked by this horse, I took a camera because people just werent believing it. The horse smells like death. My horses will smell sometimes, but only becuase they rolled in mud or something else and it is washed off within 2 days or so. Anyways...
These are of the Mal-nurished boy
http
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/i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...6/IMG_0162.jpghttp
/i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...6/IMG_0161.jpgAnd this is one of my horses who is around 18 years old and still looks great, infact he has the most energy of the 6 horses at my barn.
My mom and I have called the department of agriculture but they cant do anything is there is one morsel of grain on the property, so I assume there is, though it could be dog food. Infact, these people run a dog grooming business and keep this horse in their front yard, which is basically a mudhole with the occasional sprig of grass. You would think that if you took in peoples dogs, you would keep nice looking horses in the front yard, not a bag of bones. To get your dog into the building you have to walk past the pen in which this horse is kept.
There is a man who works at the kennel there who one of our friends talked to about this horse, and he said he just gives the horse water when the bucket is empty and has been wondering why the horse was becoming so skinny. He said he had contacted a friend in New York about the horses but he has absolutely no idea what to do, afterall he is just hired to keep the kennels cleaned.
If any of you guys have any ideas of what i could do next, please tell me. If you live around here I will give you the address of the place through PM, however I dont want to publically announce it as I feel that would be rude, though i dont see how keeping a starving horse is any better.
Thanks guys.
Thats just amazing that no-one will do anything about it, again i would just keep on calling these places and have as many people call as you can, its a shame to see an animal just waste away like that what an awfull way to go.
