What is WRONG with some people?

[my miss storm cat]

Disturbing story from TT.....

Neglect alleged at Diamond Legends in Arkansas
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The Arkansas State Police and the Humane Society of Pulaski County served a warrant on August 9 at Diamond Legends Farm in Malvern, Arkansas, and rescued 31 horses in various degrees of starvation, including Grade 2 winning stallions Wild Syn, Hesabull, and Funontherun.

All the horses plus 29 dogs were removed from the farm and returned to their owners or placed with local veterinarians and volunteers, said Kay Jordan, an investigator with the humane society.

No charges had been filed as of August 31, but Jordan said Diamond Legends owners Hector and Marlea Mesta would face cruelty to animal charges.

Also among the malnourished horses were stallions A.P. Million, an unraced six-year-old A.P. Indy horse, and The Road Boss, a winning five-year-old son of Southern Halo. Investigators also found a dead decomposing mare covered by a tarp and a number of bones and hooves on the property.

"It was a sad thing," Jordan said. "There was no hay, grain or water for all but two of the 31 horses."

Jurgen Arnemann, a Kentucky breeder who owns Wild Syn and stood the 14-year-old Wild Again stallion at Diamond Legends was the first to uncover the inhumane living conditions when he contacted Hector Mesta to arrange for Wild Syn to return to the Blue Grass following the expiration of a three-year agreement.

"He didn't want to give the horse back," Arnemann said. "He said, 'Oh, I'd like to have him for another year. I have some mares lined up.' Well, I talked to my son, Thomas, and we somehow felt uncomfortable with that, so we drove down there."

When the Arnemanns entered the property they saw a field full of young horses, "and all you could see was ribs and bones sticking out. They were completely malnourished," Arnemann said.

When they were led to Wild Syn, whom Jurgen bred and Thomas trained through an 18-race career that included a victory in the 1995 Blue Grass Stakes (G2) at Keeneland Race Course, they hardly recognized their horse.

"They had the stallion in 100-degree weather outside with no food and no water," Arnemann said. "The tub had dirt and dust in it, so there was no water for a while. The horse hardly made it up the ramp."

John O'Brien, D.V.M., examined Wild Syn upon their return to Kentucky and called Arkansas authorities. Thanks to O'Brien's efforts, the state police did a drive-by of the property and decided there was enough evidence to seek a warrant.

"It was probably one of the worst cases of abuse I've ever seen in my life," said O'Brien, who is based in Bowling Green, Kentucky. "You hate to publicize these things, but people need to be aware that this can happen. If we hadn't gotten that horse picked up, within a week he would have been dead."

Hector Mesta denied there were starving horses on his property. He said Diamond Legends has gone under after 20 years in the business. Mesta also said he was diagnosed with bone cancer earlier this year.

"My horses were in good shape when they were here," Mesta said. "They were not starving at all. They were being fed twice a day. Everything else is how someone interprets it. Unless you're in the trenches, you won't understand. I would never ever starve a horse. They ate before I did."—Pete Denk


http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/tod...66338&subsec=6

[Revolution]

the timing of the story is odd. many who were against the bill in the house to ban slaughtering of horses like to point to stories like this as a way to show slaughter is necessary.

[SentToStud]

I hope to hell this is a felony. Nothing pisses me off more than abusers. Kids, women, animals. The worst kind of a ssholes in the world.

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

I hope to hell this is a felony. Nothing pisses me off more than abusers. Kids, women, animals. The worst kind of a ssholes in the world.

S2S,
I agree totally.
Very sad.

[2Hot4TV]

What were they thinking?

[sumitas]

they should be hung

[pmayjr]

What's so wrong with saying

"I've gone under, I have no money to take care of your horses, please come and take them from me. Sorry for the inconvenience"

It certianly beats any statement you'll be forced to give to state authorities involving animal cruelty charges. How can this guy let his pride get in the way here? What a moron.

[DiscreetCat=Monster]

GO TO HELL YOU HORSE MURDERS!!!

[my miss storm cat]

Not to be in charge of sick news around here but ****..... six months?

There are some disturbed people in this world.

From TT.....

Sad, sad, sad.


Two receive prison sentence for stealing horses from Thistledown
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Two men convicted of stealing two horses from their stalls at Thistledown in North Randall, Ohio, were sentenced to six months in prison.

Assistant [Cuyahoga] County Prosecutor Jeffrey Kocian asked Judge Eileen T. Gallagher to give 37-year-old defendants Charles Burneson, a licensed trainer, of Chippewa Lake and John Queen of Grove City the maximum 18 months in prison for theft, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. The horses—Jakeman and For All You Girls--were sold to a slaughterhouse after the pair sold them for $250 apiece to an auctioneer.

"What we have here are two barbarians who saw nothing but meat walking around with four legs," Kocian said, according to the Plain Dealer.

Both horses were going to be donated by owner-trainer Mike Newell of Fort Erie, Ontario, to Canter, a nonprofit farm that enables racehorses to live out their lives as show horses, breeding stock, or pets.

Gallagher also ordered that the Ohio Racing Commission be notified of the pair's convictions and sentencing.

[packerbacker7964]

Yeah I know the people who owned the Farm before them. They sold out thru foreclosure and aucton's. This is going on everywhere not just in my home state. Sorry basterd that's what they are to me.

[Rileyoriley]

I worked for the Massachusetts SPCA for 8 years. People (if you can call them that) come up with some unbelieveable excuses for abuse and neglect. The scary part is they actually believe they're not in the wrong and besides it's just a dog, cat, horse, etc.. It's a field with high burnout rate for a reason. But then again, child molesters are getting away with slaps on the wrists and little jail time so why would the court system be tough on animal abusers.