Nov 11, 2009 5:47 pm US/Eastern
Seized Horses Now At Howard County Farm
BALTIMORE (WJZ) ―
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One of the three last stables in Baltimore used by arabbers was closed down Tuesday by the city. Nineteen horses were removed.
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One of the three last stables in Baltimore used by arabbers was closed down Tuesday by the city. Nineteen horses were removed.
Now, as
Mike Schuh reports, the animals, which used to walk city streets pulling fruit carts, are now in a Howard County rescue farm.
They were removed from a temporary city-built tent under Monroe Street. The horses were reeking of urine and in stalls filled with feces.
Now they're in a rescue farm in Howard County. Since they've arrived, the horses haven't stopped eating.
"You can see where the bones are protruding," said Brooke Vrany, Days End Horse Rescue. "Obviously, you can see shoulder bones. You can see ribs, backbone."
Three are underweight and all needed the care of a vet.
"Certainly under a bridge with rats in a tent in urine-soaked ground is not a place for a horse to live permanently," Vrany said.
In unknown health, they're being kept away from the 62 other horses on this farm.
Some are well cared for, but all are quiet and waiting. For Vrany, what has to happen next is clear.
"The horse has to be the primary concern, not the person or the city or the heritage or culture. It's about the animal," she said.
Oftentimes in cases like these, the horses will remain at the farm three months or more.
Those running that farm say they could use volunteers to help care for those 19 horses.
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