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- Lady Cop - 08-07-2009
i wish i could bring them home with me!
come and get them Ant!BREWSTER ⿿ Three members of the tiniest and cutest horse breed in the world are up for adoption at the Animal Rescue League of Boston's Cape Cod branch.
Less than a yardstick high with eyelashes so lush they'd fill Barbie with envy, Seamus, Charlotte and Lickety Split are miniature horses ⿿ bred down to be the equine equivalent of a pocketbook dog.
"These guys are sweet. They are lovable," said Sandra Luppi, manager of the ARL Brewster branch, where the three minis are housed in a barn with a paddock. Seamus, the tan gelding, followed her around like a dog, nuzzling to be petted.
The mini-horses have been living in legal limbo in Brewster for more than a year while a court case involving their former owner was adjudicated.
Rescued from a shed outside a Boxford home in February 2008, the neglected, emaciated animals were sent to the Dedham ARL office for an intensive course of "refeeding." The process involved giving them small meals around the clock so they wouldn't get colic, shelter officials explained.
Within days, the horses and three geese also seized from Boxford were sent to the Brewster branch for more rehabilitation.
It took months to get the mini-horses as plump and healthy as they are today, but the legal case involving their custody lasted for a year and a half and cost the league more than $30,000.
"It's very unusual" to see miniature horses neglected and underfed, said Alan Borgal, director of the ARL's Center for Animal Protection. He said the little horses are more likely to be overweight than skin and bones.
Based on anonymous tips and regular inspections, ARL officials determined that Seamus, Charlotte and Lickety Split were not being fed regularly during the frigid winter of 2008. Their skinny bodies were covered with heavy, matted winter coats caked with manure.
The league officially won custody of the horses and geese in Haverhill District Court July 24 after the animals' owner's case was continued without a finding on animal cruelty charges, officials said. The owner must refrain from owning farm animals during his 18-month probation, they said.
During their sojourn at the Brewster branch, Seamus and his milky friends, Charlotte and Lickety Split, have been delighting visitors who expected to see dogs and cats there, not miniature horses.
"They're really loving and friendly and they always come right up to you," said Nick Goodman, 10, of Westford, who is visiting Brewster.
The horses range in age from 15 to 19 years old ⿿ middle-age for miniatures ⿿ and one is being treated for Cushing's disease.
While they may weigh as much as a large dog, the miniature horses have special equine needs, such as regular hoof care and a box stall.
League officials would like to keep the three horses together, but if that's not possible, they'd like to see Charlotte and Lickety Split adopted as a pair and Seamus placed with a companion animal such as a horse, donkey or goat.
Anyone interested in adopting Charlotte, Lickety Split, Seamus or the geese should contact Luppi at 508-255-1030. Luppi said the adoption fee is negotiable.
- Cynical Ninja - 08-07-2009
I don't trust horses, they are twitchy dangerous fucking things. Thereare stables near where I live and I have lost count of the number of times riders have nearly caused traffic accidents because their horses have freaked out for no particular reason.
Therearetwo things horses definitely do not want given the choice.
1 -They don't actually want anyone riding on their back.
2 - They don't actually want a big piece of metal shoved in their mouth to control them.
- Duchess - 08-07-2009
Ordinary Peephole Wrote:2 - They don't actually want a big piece of metal shoved in their mouth to control them.When my horses see me come into their field with that "big piece of metal" in my hands, they run to me, they WANT to race across the fields with me on their back.
- LuMPyPussy - 08-07-2009
I'm not crazy about horses either but I can't imagine starving one to near death. There should be stricter punishment for animal abuse and neglect.
- crash - 08-07-2009
Ordinary Peephole Wrote:I don't trust horses, they are twitchy dangerous fucking things. Thereare stables near where I live and I have lost count of the number of times riders have nearly caused traffic accidents because their horses have freaked out for no particular reason.You know about a lot of things, OP, but you know fuck all about horses...
Therearetwo things horses definitely do not want given the choice.
1 -They don't actually want anyone riding on their back.
2 - They don't actually want a big piece of metal shoved in their mouth to control them.
- Duchess - 08-07-2009
LuMPyPussy Wrote:There should be stricter punishment for animal abuse and neglect.Yes, there should be but, until they are considered more than a possession it will never happen...I want these people that hurt the animals to lose something...Their freedom, their money, something, anything that would put a hurtin' on them...Having said that, things have improved over the years but, it's still not enough.
- Cynical Ninja - 08-07-2009
crash Wrote:Ordinary Peephole Wrote:I don't trust horses, they are twitchy dangerous fucking things. Thereare stables near where I live and I have lost count of the number of times riders have nearly caused traffic accidents because their horses have freaked out for no particular reason.You know about a lot of things, OP, but you know fuck all about horses...
Therearetwo things horses definitely do not want given the choice.
1 -They don't actually want anyone riding on their back.
2 - They don't actually want a big piece of metal shoved in their mouth to control them.
Fuck you.
If horse's like being ridden so much why the fuck do wild horse's have to be "broken in", a horse's natural instinct is to run around without some stupid cunt on its back.
- Duchess - 08-07-2009
Jesus
- Cynical Ninja - 08-07-2009
Duchess Wrote:Ordinary Peephole Wrote:2 - They don't actually want a big piece of metal shoved in their mouth to control them.When my horses see me come into their field with that "big piece of metal" in my hands, they run to me, they WANT to race across the fields with me on their back.
Bullshit.
You have locked them away so they rely on you foreverything including food.
When they see you coming they probably think "IfI let this bitch ride me around for a bit will she feed me?, at least I'll get out of my LOCKED stable for a bit, bitch".
Ever notice during horse races if a horse unseats its jockey the vast majority stop running?, enjoy it mypink ass.
- crash - 08-07-2009
Fuck you too! So is yours, but your fucking parents still sent you to school and trained you in life skills... Fuck I've seen horses literally get a bridle from the stable wall to be ridden.
- Cynical Ninja - 08-07-2009
crash Wrote:Fuck I've seen horses literally get a bridle from the stable wall to be ridden.To get some freedom from their locked stable probably.
- Duchess - 08-07-2009
Don't you tell me bullshit, pal...I know what the fuck I see...And they are not locked away for christssake...My horses, just my own personal ones, have free run of 25 acres, that doesn't include the racehorses which have their own space as well...OP, you really don't know what the hell your talking about.
- Duchess - 08-07-2009
Oh fuck...Yes,I see the damn typo.::gahh::
- crash - 08-07-2009
You're being a little fucking hypocritical banging the animal rights drum anyhow, OP, I'm sure those fluffy little hamsters everyone loves giving you a hard time about weren't intelligently designed by nature to live in a cage and run on an 8" diameter treadmill for hours each day...
- Cynical Ninja - 08-07-2009
Duchess Wrote:Don't you tell me bullshit, pal...I know what the fuck I see...And they are not locked away for christssake...My horses, just my own personal ones, have free run of 25 acres, that doesn't include the racehorses which have their own space as well...OP, you really don't know what the hell your talking about.
Still fenced in though to stop them from escaping.
Here we have a horse's natural instinct when some cunt sits on its back...
- Cynical Ninja - 08-07-2009
Duchess Wrote:Don't you tell me bullshit, pal...I know what the fuck I see...And they are not locked away for christssake...My horses, just my own personal ones, have free run of 25 acres, that doesn't include the racehorses which have their own space as well...OP, you really don't know what the hell your talking about.
Still fenced in though to stop them from escaping.
Here is a horses natural instinct when some cunt sits on its back....
- Duchess - 08-07-2009
::bang::
- Cynical Ninja - 08-07-2009
Just be thankful I'm here, there is absolutely fuck all else going on at Mock recently.
- BROTHER - 08-07-2009
Duchess Wrote:Ordinary Peephole Wrote:2 - They don't actually want a big piece of metal shoved in their mouth to control them.When my horses see me come into their field with that "big piece of metal" in my hands, they run to me, they WANT to race across the fields with me on their back.
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- Duchess - 08-07-2009
Everyone that has a complaint about the level of activity in Mock should consider posting instead of bitching...{Take a note, Ramsey.}