I looked at his water barrel but could not tell even with the sun bearing down on it, if it was full or empty. I try to always offer him water before food otherwise he wont accept the water as he would rather keep on eating. However after seeing him eating poop, I decided food was more important.
I am almost out of his 50 lb bag of horse pellets but I was waiting on mom's mini-van to be fixed because it is easier for me to be able to unload it a little at a time while the bag is in an upright position as with my bad back there is no way I can lift it and carry it in the house.
I usually put them in butter or yogurt containers to seal in the freshness and to make the portions more manageable and then I place them in my giant size cooler so no critters like mice come calling.
After feeding him I offered him water but he declined, so I let him be. Came back an hour later but he still would not drink the water so I figured there must be water in his barrel.
Again this afternoon we had to go into town, it was 6:00 p.m. but I did not see the kid or his mother's car in the driveway. We came back an hour later and the ladies car was home but there was no sign that he had been fed.
As I made my way to his corral he was moving from side to side agitated. He devoured his pellets. Like this morning I offered him water but he wanted to flip it over, so I suppose he was not thirsty. I could see the television was on at his owners house so they were clearly home.
Thank you for visiting Walter's World.
I saw on TV about Hannaeleh horse rescue, and in the process found there is Texas Horse Rescue Org. Check these out.
ReplyDeleteI guess by comparison Walter is living the good life. I found the following information alarming and sad:
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, a horse is only chattel in the eyes of the law. He has no inherent civil rights and it is not against the law in many states to beat him with a whip or to feed him just enough to get by. It may not even be against the law to shoot him in the head -- which may be kinder than letting him slowly starve to death.
Governmental humane societies are usually the only agencies empowered with any legal authority to take a horse away from an abusive owner, but in most cases the animal must be in eminent danger of death due to its untreated injuries or willful neglect before the agency will take the horse away.
Sadly, this means that many horses just hanging on -- at 200 to 300 pounds underweight -- must remain with their uncaring owners (you can help change these laws by becoming more politically active!). It is precisely cases like this that force HorseAid to effect a "self-help" rescue. You can learn much about current equine abuse issues and what you can do about them by visiting this Web site often (also see our Abuse Education Page).
Thank you for the link Trouble. Visited some other horse rescue sites and the pictures are disheartening.
ReplyDeleteThey have some good tips on documenting the abuse and or neglect.
I think you've documented a LOT of it. Your pics have shown us what is going on.
ReplyDeleteI have tried to documented it but all the times I have gone to the Sheriff's they don't want to look at the pictures...they say they have to open an investigation and take pictures of their own.
DeleteThat would be fine and dandy but their investigation never even leads to anything.