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RSS Feeds13 dead horses discovered at Stouffville farm where others were found neglected
(The Star Fashion & Style)

 
 

21 may 2018 04:15:07

 
13 dead horses discovered at Stouffville farm where others were found neglected
(The Star Fashion & Style)
 


Ten dead horses were exhumed on a Stouffville farm Saturday, two weeks after the property owner discovered three other decomposed carcasses, as well as 14 horses and a pony living in sordid stalls, all of them sickly thin. The animals were under the care of David Lee Small, Victoria Small and Jason Leroy Small, who had been renting the barnyard and farmland since September, said landlord Michael Cheung.The Small family operates a company called Speedsport Stables. Jason Leroy Small told the Star his family’s company aims to rescue abandoned horses and privately find new homes for them.Cheung made the gruesome discovery of three dead horses in varying stages of decomposition shortly after he evicted the Smalls on April 22. He and his neighbours found a rotting carcass in an aluminum trailer on the property, and two others at the back of a paddock under some trees.On Saturday, Cheung hired a company to excavate what turned out to be a graveyard of horses, buried in a mound of dirt in the middle of a paddock not far from the barnyard. A small excavator dug through the pile, and another truck was on site to load the carcasses. The first horse to be exhumed was a baby, followed by seven adults. Two more horses were found in a heap of manure by the barnyard. Read more:Trio charged with animal neglect after emaciated horses found on farm “In total, it was 13. That’s a massacre. It’s not neglect,” said Cheung. “It was horrifying … Looking at those bodies, in pieces, it’s horrible. It’s inhumane.”On Friday, the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) charged the Smalls with permitting an animal to be in distress, failing to provide adequate food and failing to provide care necessary for general welfare. They are due to appear in court in Newmarket on July 6. These charges were laid after Cheung discovered 14 emaciated horses and one pony living in the barn. The animals have since receive ...


 
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