Horse found nailed into stall in two feet of manure and urine (Connecticut)

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Posted by VGFarrell on Jul 26, 2012 in heroes for horses, Horse Abuse

Bridget Albert, writing for the New Haven Register (Connecticut) reports:

Cheyenne, a Paint horse that had been confined to a muddy stall for two years, shows some of the physical effects of the confinement: thoroughly overgrown hooves. Kathleen Schurman, farm animal rescuer in Bethany is fostering Cheyenne. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register.

BETHANY — A Paint horse was taken to a safe haven Thursday afternoon after officials learned the animal was allegedly left in isolation and found to be in two feet of manure and urine, officials said.

Cheyenne, a 7 to 8 year-old mare was found nailed into a stall with caked in manure and urine. Animal control officials said the horse appeared to have been cooped up in the barn for the past two years.

“She is significantly underweight and her hooves are extraordinarily overgrown,” said Woodbridge Animal Control Officer Karen Lombardi, who examined Cheyenne late Thursday.

Local animal rescuer Kathleen Schurman who took in the mare said it was one of the worst cases she had ever seen.

“It was almost all she could do to make it from the stall to the trailer,” Schurman said. “When she saw other horses she was so thrilled to see them, it was a special moment.”

Schurman estimates it will take Cheyenne six months to a year before she is able to walk on her own because she has been confined to a pen for so long. Read full story >>