“There were two stallions, and a mare and her three-week-old foal locked in stalls in the barn with no food, hay or water,” said Leslie Zureick, BCHS president and humane agent for the case. “The stalls the stallions were in were horrible; two feet of muck and filth.”
The other five horses, all Tennessee Walking Horses, were in a field at the West Fork Road farm, with a “frog pond,” but they were not in good condition either, Zureick said.
“A few weeks ago the (Brown County) sheriff was out there and saw their conditions, when another complaint came in, their conditions had not improved, we came in,” she said.
The horses have been checked out by a veterinarian and are currently at another farm in the care of volunteers with horse experience, Zureick said.
“Because of their condition, they have to be fed small amounts several times a day instead of the normal twice a day,” she said. “That makes this more labor intensive for a volunteer.”
Despite the mother's condition, the foal appears to be in good shape, she said.
“The veterinarian said Mother Nature has a funny way of taking care,” Zureick said.
The owner is being asked to surrender the horses before a court case is filed, Zureick said.
The stallions, including a previous show horse, will be gelded when they are healthy enough to tolerate the procedure, she said.
Tax deductible donations for the care and feeding of the horses are needed, and may be sent directly to BCHS at P.O. Box 228, Georgetown, Ohio 45121, through a PayPal account, or by dropping monetary donations at area feed stores with special feed accounts for BCHS, she said.
Louiso's Feed and Carney Feed in Batavia, Ohio, and Bethel Feed in Bethel, Ohio, have accounts set up for feed fund donations, she said.
Donations of good grass hay are also needed, she said.
“It is going to take some time for them to recover,” Zureick said.
(Maysville Online - Aug 7, 2013)
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