The 8 surviving horses have witnessed their friends starve to death. The emaciated horses are still not being adequately fed. The bodies of their friends still remain on the property, slowly decomposing.
SHIVE PREMA: ‘Animal rights organisations are furious after eight starving horses and 27 dead animals ‘slowly decomposing’ were discovered on a drought-ravaged farm in regional Queensland. The Animal Liberation Queensland has slammed the state’s Department of Agriculture for taking ‘very little action’ since the horses were discovered three weeks ago on a barren Toowoomba property, west of Brisbane. Shocking images obtained by Daily Mail Australia show skeletal horses with protruding ribs and dead horses decomposing in the dirt on the Charlton farm.
In a statement, the ALQ said: ‘We have grave concerns for these 8 horses who have witnessed their friends starve to death. The surviving horses are still not being adequately fed. The bodies of their friends still remain on the property, slowly decomposing’. In addition to the eight starving horses, there are 17 decomposing corpses and over 10 skeletons on the property, according to ALQ Executive Director Chay Neal… Among the dead animals were five racehorses, according to the ALQ, which sent members down to scan bodies for microchips…
Mr Neal said the discovery of horse skeletons suggests the animal mistreatment ‘has been going on for a long time’. ‘It doesn’t make sense. The owner doesn’t live locally but we don’t understand why he hasn’t been prosecuted yet,’ he said. ‘He has someone who comes to feed them but we don’t know how often they’re being fed and how often the department has been checking on them.’
In total, the ALQ estimates that as much as 27 horses have died on the property but Mr Neal said ‘it’s hard to get an accurate picture’… The mistreatment of horses on the Toowoomba property was first discovered by a local resident on January 10. Biosecurity Queensland, which is a subdivision of the state’s Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, is currently investigating the matter’. SOURCE…
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