Pulaski County Animal Services Will Charge Horse Owner With Animal Cruelty
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Pulaski County Animal Services says that
it plans to charge a horse owner with nine counts of animal cruelty
and neglect Wednesday.
Authorities found a dead horse on the owner`s property
yesterday. That`s the second dead horse found there since Friday.
The Pulaski County Human Society said there are seven remaining
horses that are showing signs of malnutrition and neglect as well
as split and cracked hooves. Officials from the society said one of
the horses had been dead for a few weeks the other for at least two
months.
A volunteer has taken the remaining animals and she said she
would get them food. There was hay in the barn but a board kept the
horses from it.
The charges are misdemeanors. Each count carries a maximum five
thousand dollar fine and one year in jail.
