26 starving horses were taken to the Days Ends Farm



26 starving horses were taken to the Days Ends Farm

May 25, 2:34 PMPet Advocacy Examiner
An anonymous caller called theGarrett Humane Society in Maryland to report unfavorable conditions on a farm. When they arrived they noticed there was about five acres of property that had over 40 animals living on it. It would not be so bad if it was dogs and cats but these 40 animals were horses, cattle and goats. These animals need more land than that to survive on. The property did not have much grass, if at all in some areas, no water or food and there were decomposing bodies of other animals scattered throughout the acreage.
The horses were extremely starved and one was in very bad condition. Some of these horses have had such little contact with humans that some actually displayed wild tendencies, which made it hard to inspect them. They were all haltered and tagged with a number to display who they were. Then the horses were evaluated on the body condition scale, which ranks animals from a one to a nine. One means extremely starving, five is healthy and nine is obese. The horses were loaded into trailers and hauled to the Days End Farm Horse Rescue in Woodbine in Howard County. There they are being evaluated and receiving the medical attention they are requiring. The Garrett State’s Attorney Lisa Thayer Welch is waiting on the District Court to review the application to pursue prosecution in this case. The owners name has been withheld until this application process is completed and if there is a case or not.
Right now these horses may only have a number and no name but they now have a safe place to reside, plenty of hay to eat and fresh water to drink. Some of the horses are underweight a hundred pounds or so but there are others that are a few hundred pounds underweight and they are literally just skin and bones. One is number 26 and seems to have the will to live as he has decided he is the guardian over a six month old filly. When she is around him she lies on the ground to sleep and he stands over her watching out for her. He is the one that is the worst out of the 26 horses. Due to the condition of number 26, it could have been a month or so before he would have died of starvation if he had not been rescued. Most of the horses were only eating tree bark to stay alive. Even though many of these horses are too thin or emaciated, they all seemed to be bright eyed and very curious as to what was going on. 
 


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