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PARKER COUNTY, Texas - Several horses were found dead in a Parker County field on Friday.
Horses Found Dead in Field With No Water, Feed or Hay
Seeded on Sat Aug 13, 2011 3:55 AM EDT
Article Source: Dallas News
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According to the Parker County Sheriff's Department, at least 9 horses were found dead on the property in the 400 block of Old Brock Road.
Deputies said the horses had no water, feed or hay. There is a well and pump on the property but the well had gone dry.
A veterinarian who examined them said they appeared to have been without water for days.
One of the horses had even tried to climb over a fence to get to a swimming pool so that he could get some water, deputies said.
"If you gonna have animals take care of them, period. That's the bottom line," said Sheriff Larry Fowler.
The owner of the animals, who lives in Arizona and rents the land from a farmer, had hired someone to keep an eye on the horses. The caretaker told deputies she checked on the animals on Tuesday.
Whoever ends up being held responsible for the animals' deaths could face animal cruelty charges.
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#1 - Sat Aug 13, 2011 3:56 AM EDTWEATHERFORD, Texas - The woman accused of neglecting nine horses that died last week at a Parker County ranch has been charged with cruelty to livestock.
But that caretaker, 54-year-old Linda Kay Pharis, has not been booked into jail yet because she went into a hospital on Saturday.
Still, the Parker County Sheriff’s Department said Pharis did not check on the horses regularly and they went at least 10 days without water because their well went dry The horses’ owner lives out of state and had hired Pharis to care for them.
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It's illegal to slaughter horses for food. It's illegal to shoot horses (in some states) to euthanize them. WTF are you supposed to do?
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#2 - Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:13 AM EDTWhat are you supposed to do? You're supposed to take care of your animals. If that becomes too big a burden, then sell them, or give them over to the ASPCA. This is not rocket science people.
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You don't understand drought, do you? No one has water, no one has grass: Who do you sell them to? And in large stretches of Texas, there is no ASPCA.
If you look at Texas from the air, you'll find a lot of dead animals; dead cows, dead horses, dead deer. I would also point out that a dead animal in a pen without water or feed does not mean the animal was mistreated.
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No one has water, no one has grass: Who do you sell them to?
Sell them out of state, or buy from out of state and truck it in. Drive them to where the ASPCA does exist... this is not @!$%#ing rocket science!
I would also point out that a dead animal in a pen without water or feed does not mean the animal was mistreated.
If you starve your animals of food or water, that is mistreatment. It does not take a genius to figure that out.
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Animal lovers have prevented the one sensible means of liquidation of horses when the grass goes bad, the horse acution for slaughter.
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#3 - Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:36 AM EDTDoor King....If you will read the article these were valuable, well loved cutting horses. The caretaker was being PAID to watch over them. They were not unwanted horses the owner could no longer afford to keep. Get real! This is a case of pure laziness. She just didn't want to be bothered to do the job she was being paid to do. Plain and simple!
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#4 - Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:44 AM EDTI suppose you can extrapolate "paid" from the word "hired," however I did read the article, and none of the claims you make is supported. The type of horse is not mentioned, nor is any thing about love.
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Horses Found Dead in Field With No Water, Feed or Hay
[Replace horses in that statement with 'caretaker']
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