14 DAY TRIAL // Only yesterday, as many as 39 abused horses were rescued from a breeding farm near Tacoma, Washington.
Interestingly enough, the authorities stumbled upon these emaciated horses quite by chance, meaning that they happened to see them on Tuesday, while they were busy serving other warrants in this region.
Judging only by the fact that the authorities saw fit to return the following day in order to seize the horses, one can easily imagine that the animals were in pretty bad shape.
According to official reports on this rescue operation, all of the horses were emaciated, and some of them even had serious wounds on their bodies or were otherwise injured.
Moreover, it was quite a while since somebody went through the trouble of cleaning their enclosures, which was why the animals were left with no choice but to stump in their own filth.
Last, but not least, the horses were confined to living in three dark barns, so naturally some got a bit nervous once authorities tried to approach them.
Brian Boman, supervisor for Pierce County Animal Control, told members of the press that, “It [the breeding farm] was like a puppy mill, only with horses. The conditions are terrible, There's no telling how long it's been since they've seen daylight.”
“Most of the horses were in barns that had large amounts of urine and feces in the stalls. Some of the barns had no lighting or ventilation and the smell of ammonia was very strong,” further explained the authorities present at the scene.
For the time being, the farm's owners have not been taken under police custody, but odds are that as soon as that happens authorities will charge them with animal cruelty.
Until official investigations come to an end, the authorities are required by law not to inform the general public with respect to the name of the person who owned this breeding farm. However, we expect that more information will soon be made available.
Just for the record, some of these horses were purebred Arabians.