{"id":759486,"date":"2020-01-30T08:38:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T13:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=759486"},"modified":"2020-01-30T08:47:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T13:47:14","slug":"exposed-starving-horses-and-other-animals-slowly-dying-and-decomposing-on-australian-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=759486","title":{"rendered":"EXPOSED: Emaciated starving horses and dead animals slowly decomposing found on Australian farm"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>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.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>SHIVE PREMA:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Animal rights organisations are furious after eight starving horses and 27 dead animals &#8216;slowly decomposing&#8217; were discovered on a drought-ravaged farm in regional Queensland. The Animal Liberation Queensland has slammed the state&#8217;s Department of Agriculture for taking &#8216;very little action&#8217; 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.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>In a statement, the ALQ said: &#8216;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&#8217;. 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&#8230; Among the dead animals were five racehorses, according to the ALQ, which sent members down to scan bodies for microchips&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Mr Neal said the discovery of horse skeletons suggests the animal mistreatment &#8216;has been going on for a long time&#8217;. &#8216;It doesn&#8217;t make sense. The owner doesn&#8217;t live locally but we don&#8217;t understand why he hasn&#8217;t been prosecuted yet,&#8217; he said. &#8216;He has someone who comes to feed them but we don&#8217;t know how often they&#8217;re being fed and how often the department has been checking on them.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>In total, the ALQ estimates that as much as 27 horses have died on the property but Mr Neal said &#8216;it&#8217;s hard to get an accurate picture&#8217;&#8230; 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&#8217;s Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, is currently investigating the matter&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7944661\/Toowoomba-horses-starving-dead-drought-ravaged-Queensland-farm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oTnuzhcvUV8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHIVE PREMA: &#8216;Animal rights organisations are furious after eight starving horses and 27 dead animals &#8216;slowly decomposing&#8217; were discovered on a drought-ravaged farm in regional Queensland. 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