Comments on: Century Man Charged With Animal Cruelty

By: Area Resident

Area Resident — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 12:48:50 +0000

Shame on both of you for treating animals this way, that is being selfish!
and to Just Saying, it doesn’t matter who the horses belonged to, if you see that they need taken care of do so. I would have!!!!

By: flash

flash — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 22:14:06 +0000

This breaks my heart an I can only imagine what his father would think about this an how he’d feel. Yes he passed few years back an left the horse’s to Jr, but if he couldn’t afford to take of them, he should have sold them or gave them to someone who could. I helped take care of these horses for 5 years when his father was alive an they were very beautiful,healthy animals. They have never been off that property, a very large piece of property I might add, so I don’t know they were confined to a small portion of it. If u look at sally “the white one” at the tail end of the trailer, she looks horrified , I pray they will be taking care of now..so sad about this

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 01:05:47 +0000

How horrible it must have been for those horses to see all that green grass on the other side of the fence and not be able to get to it. Yes, sometimes, the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. I would be like you haven’t eaten in a week and you are chained to a tree and someone puts a burger down and you can’t reach it. It does not matter who owned the horses, if you can’t feed and care for them, then find someone that can. Mowing your yard and throwing grass clippings over the fence is not enough food to sustain a horse. They need other nutrients as well. When I lived in Idaho, the people I bought the 23 acres from, left their horse behind. I’ve never had a horse, and certainly didn’t know how to take care of one. Did I let it starve???? Noooooo. I went down to the local large animal veterinary and I learned how to take care of a horse.

By: Wendy Anderson

Wendy Anderson — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:19:50 +0000

Seems like he should have known better. He is an “adult.” To change the subject here,
I will say what a WONDERFUL, CARING AND LOVING organization PER is. Thank God they exist. Diane Lowery and her crew have been godsends to these horses. They have a GoFundMe page in which they are raising money to build more shelter for horses. Please visit their site, and donate if you can. ANYTHING helps. It makes us better people, to help animals and humans in need. http://www.panhandleresque.com or facebook their page. Thanks.

By: Walnut Hill

Walnut Hill — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 16:56:43 +0000

Yes, the county and Rescue organizations will absolutely try to help you with the animals BEFORE they get in this condition.

There is NO excuse for horses being in this condition.

By: Byron

Byron — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 16:18:23 +0000

They should keep him in jail and not feed him much!

By: Danny

Danny — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 15:41:20 +0000

I hate to see animals get in this condition and many times there is no excuse. The fact that these horses had belonged to his dad is not a valid excuse for their condition. The fact is, they were not being taken care, and there may have been a valid reason which is why I am not here to judge. What I would like to know is does the Panhandle Equine Rescue offer assistance to individuals before their horses are in this condition? Wouldn’t it be better to rescue a horse before it is in life or death struggle? Would not the cost to rehabilitate be less, and not as stressful on the animals? Not to mention the stress on the owner and cost for legal council. I would much rather read, “Man gives up horses owned by deceased father due to inability to properly care for them”. Then I could write, “man I hate to hear that”.

By: godwin

godwin — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 14:56:14 +0000

So his dad dide it don’t mean to stop feeding the horeses and if he was feeding they would not look like that put him in a call and only feed him bread and water than say oh we give him food @ just saying that’s Bill the pics show the truth

By: anne

anne — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 14:10:57 +0000

So, these horses haven’t been taken care of since his father died several years back? Wonder what they looked like before that happened. If he couldn’t afford to feed them he should have sold them. You don’t starve animals to death because they have sentimental value. His father would not be proud .

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 14:00:42 +0000

TO: JUST SAYING… If his dad died several years ago, those WERE his horses…
Not to mention… Possession IS 9/10th of the Law!