Update:
Arrest made in horse cruelty case [link]If I can be the devil's advocate for a moment:
NEWSCHANNEL3 | Aug 15, 2008
Michigan State Police Troopers have arrested a 57-year-old woman from Burlington on a felony warrant for animal cruelty. State Police say that the warrant was issued from the Calhoun Co. Prosecutors office after Troopers investigated a complaint of starving, neglected horses at the woman's Burlington Township residence. During that July 25 investigation, Troopers discovered five horses on the property in poor condition. As Newschannel 3 reported on July 31, those horses were moved to a rescue shelter run by EARTH Services. Police say that the horses had been eating the bark off of trees and their own manure and were found to be in an advanced stage of starvation before being rescued. The horses are now said to be doing well, and police say that two additional arrests are pending in this case.
• many horses with ample food available will eat tree bark
• many horses, especially young ones, eat manure at times
Neither of those factors should be used alone as an indicator of neglect.
We shall see how this case develops. In the footage, I saw one very thin (and toothless) mare, and at least three horses in good weight. I'm not sure if I agree with the procedure of taking all of one's horses if one or two are not doing well. History has shown that in some cases, these animals are sold or killed before the accused goes to trial on the neglect charges, which does not seem right at all.
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