Neglected horse had half-metre-long hooves
Published: 23 Jan 12 17:01 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/38682/20120123/
A farm-owner in northern Sweden has been reported to police after a horse was found to have overgrown hooves measuring an "unprecedented" 50 centimetres in length.
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“The case is unprecedented. No veterinarian has ever seen anything like it before. There's nothing like it described in any of the literature. It's a case of the most severe animal cruelty.”
According to Ahlqvist, the horse, named Charlie, was immediately put down following the discovery in late November 2011 on a farm near Sollefteå.
The veterinary reports state that Charlie was 27 years old, could no longer walk, and had not had his hooves tended to in years.
“When I stroked my hand over Charlie’s shoulders I could feel that he was only skin and bones,” wrote the veterinary head, Anders Paulsson, in his report.
“It can't be ruled out that he could no longer lie down and stand up.”
The report asserts that Charlie stood in his small stable all day, unable to move around at all, suffering from "severe physical and psychological pain".
As horses are pack animals, the fact that the horse stood alone in a cramped stall resulted in complete indifference to the veterinarian’s voice, an indicator of deep suffering, according to the report.
Charlie was one of five horses referenced in the report and all five were found to have suffered from various levels of neglect and had to be be put down.
The owner has now been reported to police and may face charges of animal cruelty and violation of the animal welfare act according to the county administrative board.
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IF you are using the American system to write, make up your mind;one line, its after the quotation the other before it.
And babashki, how much did you pay for this news service ??...thats right, nothing..give them a break , it doesnt really matter....
Secondly, surely neighbours and relative must have known they were neglected for years and said nothing?
Finally, you have to consider this person may no longer be that well mentally, they could have actually been oblivious to the suffering. A loner with no friends or family after his wife or something died, then got depression and let everything fall around him. It's easy to condemn, but perhaps it's not just the animals which are unwell.
Don't block this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would like to spend some time alone with that nice farmer!
farms (small or large) periodically and unexpectedly. Not years in between check-ups/visits, but several times a year. I would bet there are more cases like this that have yet to be uncovered, everywhere. Totally unacceptable.
Now, about CAPITALIZING words for emphasis... ;-)
go get a life, cut your nails...or something! If you can only concentrate on grammatical issues and not this appalling story,please go and read some other free,online newspaper.
Are they open sores one can see on the horses fetlocks ?
again more questions than answers here!
they put the horse down .... have they not heard of a saw? weirder and weirder!
"It can't be ruled out that he could no longer lie down and stand up." Horses normally only lie down if they are outside and it is about to rain or they are sick, or did they mean if it laid down it could not get up again?
are there really that many morons out there ....frightening!
Also, there are far more important issues here than English writing styles; five horses are DEAD due to this farmer's criminal neglect, and all you can do is whinge about misplaced dots. You are a truly insensitive boor.
The hooves grow like nails do, they didn`t get worn down because the animal was locked inside the stall, and the owner didn`t trim them. When hooves get that long, it`s like human nails if they get too long, they cannot be cut off after a certain time because the nerve endings grow into the nail/hoof. It would be like cutting off your fingers and toes! So is it really moronic that trained veternarians actually know how to do their job?
Probably the horse was still receiving food and water if it was still alive, but it was locked in a confined space for years, that is permanently psychologically damagings to humans also. It would not have the psychological capacity to re-integrate to (horse) society, let alone the physical capabilities.
And if the horse hadn`t moved in years then it`s muscles that would be necessary to move would have atrophied, there is no therapy for that kind of severe damage.
well said.
#Da Goat
Seems there's a moron in everyone just waiting to get out,huh?