I am SICK–What suggestions can help prevent this?
By Jerome Burdi | South Florida Sun-Sentinel Palm Beach
March 2, 2008
Gege, the 12-year-old starved quarter horse with bones protruding from her skin, has the will to live, a rescue worker says.
Debra McBride who runs an independent rescue center in Loxahatchee, took Gege in Friday and said she will keep her if she is not adopted.
"I think any animal is worth saving if they have the will to live," McBride said.On Feb. 23, Palm Beach County Animal Care & Control saved Gege from neglect at her home west of Lake Worth. Officers filed felony animal cruelty charges against the former owner, Ralph Mansfield, 46.
He told animal care officers he could not afford the upkeep. Gege's shape was so poor she faced euthanasia, but officers say there's hope because she remains social. "Horses are very forgiving animals," McBride said. "It's always unconditional."
(This is part of actual news article–search & read for yourself)
The article has a pic of the horse & wrote this was not the owners first starved horse.
It is just a misdemeanor to starve, abuse a horse because they are livestock in our State. Is a felony if its a dog or cat.
Thank Goodness Animal Planet help make people more aware!
In our area–people in rural areas just open gates & let horses loose to roam. W/drought last year & poor pasture, some can't afford hay.
No one can prove who owns them, neighbors won't rat on another.
A # have been hit & killed by cars! How tragic for the drivers & poor horse suffers till euthanized.
I WISH I could rescue a couple of horse–I can afford to rescue dogs or cats–but I feel the $$$crunch too. Pasture board is only $85 for 2–Excellent! Add feed, hay, recent hoof abscess, meds, teeth floating, supplement for arthritic knee.
I know humans & pets world wide are starving too! Feel so helpless to do anything & also feel angry.
Time to go to barn & grocery store.

Unfortunately nothing will prevent this from happening. Just as there is nothing that will prevent cruelty or abuse. How ever you try and whatever laws are in place, there is no answer for the depraved, the mentally ill, the callous and the plain uncaring in the world. The only answer is to be vigilant and try to report all animal abuses as and when you see them. I know it is part of modern thinking to believe that there are answers to these problems, but the truth is harsh. Humans are capable of horrific cruelty, some are unstable, some insane, some demented, some just nasty. Animals are much nicer 'people'!

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