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Updated: 12:48 AM Apr 14, 2008
Horse Rescued After Being Left For Dead
A Rockcastle County Couple Nursing Horse Back To Health A Rockcastle County couple needs your help nursing a horse back to health. They say the horse was left for dead alongside a busy road. Posted: 11:54 PM Apr 13, 2008Reporter: Sherelle Roberts Email Address: sherelle.roberts@wkyt.com |
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An abandoned horse would be dead if not for some big-hearted people in Rockcastle County. Now those folks are asking for your help to get that horse healthy again.
Kim and Steve Brinson took the Horse named Destiny three weeks ago. "She was taken to a stock auction, when she didn't sell she was dumped on U.S. 25...like a piece of trash, or bag of garbage",says Brinson. Rockcastle County authorities contacted the couple who are members of the United States Equine Rescue League. Since then they have been nursing the horse back to health.
She was starving, severely infected with worms, and has a serious leg injury. The Brinsons are hoping to raise the money to nurse her back to health, get surgery for her leg and get her adopted.
But Brinson wants something more, to catch the people who left Destiny to die. "I'd like anyone who has information on her previous owners to contact the Rockcastle County Sheriff".
But Brinson says if you can't do that he'd like for folks to visit the link below for the United States Equine League. There, you can donate toward her recovery. Brinson says make sure to earmark the donation "Destiny In Kentucky".
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hi my name is linda,i get so angry with people.i have 2 horses here now after 4 yrs off trying to get thru the couts.now their coffin bone has rotated 15 may have to put down. but im trying everything i can.i want to take him to cout for this. but they say its hard to get them about the feet,would have been bettter off if they were starving.but they were on too much gradd.i read the feet is a buse too.i need some pointeres in how to get this jerk.the baby is 4 now and shes the worst.but they are shawed now and at least waking in no pain.any sugestions would be great.i think its great when people help animals
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It's not that animals are getting to be over populated, humans are.In doing so we are taking up there original space and then blaming them for the problem. If people were as smart as some horses I know this world would be alot better off. I bought a horse years ago that had been abused and was the reason I bought her just to get her away from those people, finaly got her to trust me and became close friends. To this day I walk in the field with her and she will huge me. Wrap her head and neck around my body and huge me. So don't tell me they are stupid animals.
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I read all these coments & I agree-horse population is as bad as cat/dog overpopulation- its time as humans to take the responsibilty to stop breeding-if purebred dogs are ending up in shelters then hello? why breed more when adult horses are being left to fend for themselves? i dont agree with slaughter at all for any animal but we are not seeing groups of pigs-cattle -sheep etc being abandoned and starving are we?i have rescued 2 fillys(a pmu from canada in 04) and just adopted a TB from kentucky -but thats all I can afford to do-resources are thin- people cant afford food gas or housing -how can they help more horses? we all try to do our part but life is getting harder on every one-instead of concentrating just on anti slaughter bills, we NEED to start putting more effort into mandatory gelding stallions and not breeding mares -there is now such a thing as "spaying a mare" but vet prices will not decrease for surgerys/ euthenasia -so its up to us animal "lovers" to smarten up!!
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