Please help stop this! Horses are the most gentle, loving animals God created. To abuse one of these beautiful creatures is unthinkable. Yet, as you can see, it exists.
MY PERSONAL OPINION: Whoever decided that humans are the most important "people" on this planet, needs to be SHOT! And those who agree with them, should be lined up beside them!
The Louisiana Mare - Please read and forward - warning, this is a horrible story, but people need to know!
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Habitat For Horses in their effort to rehabilitate this brutally abused Mare!!
June 9, 2007
Two of our members are making their way to Southern Louisiana this morning to bring back a very special mare for some intense rehabilitation. We know very few of the details at this point, but what we do know is this – (written by one of our investigators)
“Her owner sold her for around $100.00 when he went to load the mare into the trailer she balked and refused to load, so he made a bridle out of barbed wire and placed it on her, he then tried to make her load again and again she refused. By this time her owner was MAD so he tied her behind the horse trailer and drove off, dragging the mare behind. This mare has a hole thru her nose all the way into her sinus cavity from hitting the trailer while he was dragging her and almost no left back hoof; her hoof was "sandpapered" down by the road. She is on anti-inflammatory medicine, pain medicine and antibiotics. She is bruised all over her body, her neck and head are extremely sore. ”
The mare spent the last couple of weeks in a vet clinic with IV fluids while she fought for her life. Needless to say, most of her hooves are missing and her body is pretty damaged, but her will to live gave the local ACO and the vet every reason to keep trying. So far, they succeeded. They called a couple of days ago to ask if we could take her. There was never any doubt.
Now it’s our turn to amend the cruelty this mare has experienced. It’s a long trip, but she will arrive this evening to a local foster home and be given the very best of love and care we can provide. If you are so inclined, little prayers can sometimes produce big results.
Jerry Finch
Habitat For Horses June 10, 2007
The Louisiana Mare
(Warning – This is not for little kids or grown adults who believe in the goodness of the human heart. The pictures are graphic.) What the owner did to this mare is beyond comprehension of any rational being, all because the mare was difficult to load. Bought for $35, the owner found a buyer willing to pay $100 and tried to load the mare to take her to her new owner. When the mare wouldn’t load correctly, he twisted barbed wire around her halter. When that didn’t work, he tied her to the back of the trailer and dragged her down the road. Angry that she fell, he then disconnected the trailer from his truck and let it roll over her.
All of this happened on June 1st. The mare was taken by the local Animal Control Officer to a local vet who, thankfully, did all he could to try to save her. They called Habitat for Horses on Thursday to ask if we would take her in and attempt to rehabilitate her. She was picked up Saturday and brought back to a location close to the ranch.
The owner is facing two counts of Animal Cruelty charges. Since June 1st, he purchased two more horses. We will be working with the parish to help them apply stricter controls on the former owner. As with any case, we will not release any information on the ID of the owner nor the name of the parish in which this occurred until the case is completed.
Certainly the level of anger we all feel towards the owner is overwhelming and no amount of punishment seems adequate. The Justice system, no matter what state, must restrict the punishment to the measures allowed by the individual laws related to animal cruelty. They can do no more. This incident strongly points out the need to increase the strength of all animal cruelty laws.
Close-up of face at scene:
After almost two weeks:
Lower chin showing twisted barbed wire in halter:
Mare standing up at scene:
Blood on trailer after being dragged:
Trailer after being pulled off mare:
June 6th – arriving home after the trip from Louisiana :
In her new stall:
The rehabilitation, both physical and mental, will take a very long time. She is filled with fear of humans, something easily seen by her constant shaking when someone comes close or touches her. There is absolutely no sign of attempting to protect herself, something that has obviously been beaten out of her. She’s severely underweight and in pain, but she has a strong will to live. We’ll do everything we can to grant her that ability and to see that at some point in the future she’ll end up in the arms of a loving, caring, gentle adopter.
Your support, both financially and emotionally, will make it possible.
God Bless!
Jules
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