Comments on: Equine Group Rescues Two Malnourished Horses

By: AL

AL — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 20:47:48 +0000

Thanks, Bob’s Brother! Since I live near the 9 mile road corridor, far south of Molino, I take offense to the suggestion I cant be a responsible horse owner on small acreage! I have 3 horses on small property and all 3, including the 31 yr old, are on fine shape according to their veterinarian ..

By: Bob's Brother

Bob's Brother — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 13:55:24 +0000

@taxpayer. How arrogant of you. I own 2 horses on 2.5 acres. We’ve been told that the mare needs to lose about 100lbs and the gelding ain’t skinny. It costs about $300 a month with feed, vet bills, transportation and farrior. When it comes to the horses, they eat before we do. If I lost my job/income, the horses would be the first things to go, but until then, I’ll appreciate you not dictating who can and can’t have horses.

By: gf

gf — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 13:21:44 +0000

EVEN a blind person could “see” these horses were in serious danger. How? If i was their caretaker, not even blindness would prevent me from putting my hands on the horses to check them over and would feel their bones.

By: Fred

Fred — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 10:24:19 +0000

I sent my check, like I said I would.

By: Justice

Justice — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 13:07:19 +0000

Only a blind man could not see that these horses were in a really bad way. The Florida Statutes on animal cruelty protect animals from this kind of a neglect. This is a crime and should be treated as one. These horses are in such bad shape that they still may not live. It will be a long and expensive road to recovery for PER. This man should never have horses again since he was not able to SEE the problem and allowed it to get to this point. Thank yous to whoever reported this and many thanks to Panhandle Equine Rescue for stepping up to the plate and doing the right thing. Since this rescue saves our county many dollars to do what they do …. we all should be supporting this rescue!

By: Ziggy Pope

Ziggy Pope — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 13:06:11 +0000

Accountability is required here. This kind of starvation does not happen over night, and the rehab is quite expensive.

And for the the good folks are PER-thank you for what you are doing for these two creatures of God.

And let’s help them help these horses, shall we! Even $5.00 helps!

By: John

John — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 02:19:04 +0000

Until people start being held accountable for this kind of cruelty,whether its a dog,cat,horse or any other animal.,It will continue.It isn’t just folks south of Molino doing this .It is up here also. I know of several locations right now that is fully in everyones face where this kind of care is going on.I know personally where there has been contact with the county,but as usaual,it’s who you know,that gets stuff done or maybe its what can make headlines.It’s that they are seen as just property.No change is being made toward their welfare…just lip service.
Seeing these animals in dirt pens with no shelter and with very little, if any constant food and water source is heart breaking.There should be a enforced limit to how many that be kept to a specific footage and accountability for those that are supposed to be enforcing those laws or put someone in place that will act on it and see it through.
.PER is a great group,but until the laws change for the animals protection and actually get enforced..it will stay this way .And if any personal connections are there,Then bias interferes with enforcement…smoke and mirrors

By: Georgia Brazzell

Georgia Brazzell — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 02:11:18 +0000

Many thanks to the good citizen who reported the situation. PER operates only on donations. Look at the end of the article which has the link to the PER website and that will explain how you can donate or volunteer or foster or adopt.
Diane and the other volunteers are giving these horses virtually around the clock care. Diane Lowery has been doing this since 2005 for free. It is time the county stepped in with some support for this organization. This county is so lucky to have PER. Please donate if you can.

By: A shame

A shame — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 01:35:34 +0000

If you were my best friend, Kin or what ever i would tell you that you need to do something to help the animals or i will call some one. Saying nothing means you agree that this is alright. Put the owner in the field and do not feed them.

By: Jerica

Jerica — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 21:08:47 +0000

This is sad people can be so cruel starve them see how it feels