Although a horse abandoned in a rural part of stanislaus county is likely to have never known much love or care a group of strangers brought together by his predicament are striving to show him the way to a better life except for the fact that he was horribly neglected throughout his life little is known about this horse’s past he was dumped at laird park near grayson road in modesto on monday night and the drama
Of his rescue began the next morning when police were called cesar garcia and his son were out fishing in the region at the time and they came to their rescue when the father and son were about ready to head in they heard a vehicle approaching along the side trail by the riverbed and stopped to investigate garcia stated on facebook that he could tell it was a dark-colored truck towing a single horse trailer because of the
Color of the truck it was followed by a dark minivan with a white roof garcia wrote that he could hear the horse causing commotion but didn’t pay attention to it until he saw him for the first time there was a skeletal horse lying on the ground with open wounds and an obvious state of anguish the person who had abandoned him had vanished without a trace
In order to report his discovery garcia immediately called the stanislaus county sheriff’s department and dispatch dispatched a contingent of deputies to assist him the misery of the horse was picked up by someone listening on a scanner who recognized bobby carn as someone who could help and immediately called the de nair woman it was nothing new for karn who’s been rescuing animals for nearly 20 years and
Has a long history of success according to karn it’s not uncommon for me to receive these types of calls when someone learns of an animal in need i’ve worked with a lot of rescue organizations and saw some truly horrific things happen to animals so nothing surprises me anymore karin was caught aback by the state of the horse which she named river despite her years of experience in horse rescue it was almost like he’d reached the
Point of no return she explained karn stated that the horse was severely malnourished and had multiple pressure wounds all over its body river also had rather fresh scars to his face inside which khan believes were caused by the fact that he wasn’t secured to the trailer when whoever took him to the park didn’t have him tethered according to karn his cesar garcia phoning the sheriff tipped the balance in favor of the horse in a
Life-or-death situation karen arrived at the park in her pajamas and joined the deputies and formulating a strategy to get river the help he needed they spent the next few hours planning how to get rid of the help he needed a man who lives in the neighborhood noticed the problem and returned to the site with a double wide horse trailer the situation was resolved as a result of their collaborative efforts the crew was able to get river
Up on his feet into the trailer and transferred to taylor veterinary hospital in turlock the horse was in a really bad situation when it arrived here and the blood work revealed that it had been suffering from malnutrition for an extended period of time said christa carlos practice manager at taylor veterinary clinic the panicky horse body condition scale measures the amount of fat on a horse’s body on a scale from one to nine with
Nine indicating that the horse is overweight according to carlos a typical horse would be around the five or six mark river was at a two at the time under the supervision of dr rebecca curry the team at taylor veterinary began treating rivers wounds administering medication and providing them with healthy food in a slow and steady manner in order to avoid causing the horse’s
System to go into shock it’s important to strike a fine balance between being too slow and feeding too much too rapidly he’s going to need a lot of tender loving care hard effort and time carlos said the assistance he requires is being provided but can’t caution that he’s not yet out of the woods karn and garcia both used facebook to spread the word about the horse’s plight
The majority of responses expressed sadness for the horse and rage towards the person or group that had caused his pain for brian camden of riverbank the feeling was one of determination he wanted to make river’s life better in some way it was more of an on-the-spot phone call camden explained i saw the ad very instantly and knew i had the space so there was really no question as a matter
Of fact i already have two rescued horses of my own and i grew up on a ranch in kentucky so this is exactly what i’m familiar with after speaking with karn over the phone camden promised that he would take care of river after he was discharged from veterinary care he went out to visit river on tuesday and he’s hopeful that he’ll be able to make it to his new home the following day on thursday when i scratched him he gave me a
Friendly smile he appeared to be really relieved camden added you can tell he’s a fighter carne said of his opponent you could see the relief on his face as soon as we began assisting him although camden has opted to preserve the horse’s name river he has added the suffix maximus to it in order to demonstrate the inner strength the horse has demonstrated so far despite the fact that camden will be responsible for the day-to-day care of
River the entire neighborhood is rooting for when i made the decision to take him i had the notion that i would be on my own camden said i was completely wrong i was utterly taken aback by the level of love he’s received from the community and i am at a loss for words to express my appreciation i would just state that horses are significant responsibility and that people should conduct thorough research
Before purchasing or adopting them there are absolutely no acceptable explanations for river’s current state he’s purposefully starved and neglected for months there are far too many rescue organizations that would have gladly taken him in if he’d been found sooner and i’d like to express my gratitude to the stanislaus county sheriff’s department animal control and everyone else who helped make this wonderful
Boy’s second chance possible each and every one of you is great horses have been the subject of criminal acts authorities have been tracking an increase in the incidence of violent crimes against horses since 1993. while this is happening horse ripping is becoming recognized as a new criminal activity death maltreatment mutilation and sexual abuse of horses are all considered to be
Sadomasochistic behaviors as is the acceptance of the possibility of an injury to a horse among the most common examples are killing maltreatment mutilation and sexual abuse of horses the study comprises a comprehensive situation assessment covering the period 1993-2000 with particular emphasis on the development of crime the modus operandi of criminal events n
Equals 1035 were investigated with particular attention paid to the specificity of injuries and regional distribution sexual disparities in modus operandi and regional distribution were taken into consideration when selecting the victims the horses are repeatedly harmed by the criminals on a systematic basis victims suffer 25 percent of their injuries in the genital area with a further quarter suffering injuries to
The neck or the head female individuals are preferred as rape victims as seen by the prevalence of female rape victims the majority of the injuries are stabs or cuts knives and spears are the weapons of choice during initial conversations with horse rippers it becomes clear that their focus on the victim horse is not steady horses could be merely symbolic victims and the act of horse ripping could be merely the first step in a criminal
Career involving other violent crimes the relationship between cruelty to animals and violent behavior against humans people that harm animals do not confine themselves to animals alone there is a well-established correlation between cruelty to animals and aggression against humans a relationship that’s commonly referred to as the link because of this connection it’s crucial that animal cruelty be taken seriously by law
Enforcement and by society as a whole as well this is for the benefit of the animals themselves as well as for the safety of those who are also in danger there’s a link between cruelty to animals and cruelty to humans according to research a large body of data supports the conclusion that there is a clear correlation between acts of cruelty towards animals and acts of violence
Towards humans child abuse marital violence elder abuse and other forms of violent behavior are all included in this category here are just a few instances of the research that’s been done to support that conclusion according to a major 1997 study conducted by the massachusetts society for the prevention of cruelty to animals and northeastern university animal abusers are really five times more
Likely than non-animal abusers to cause harm to other people another study released in 2013 discovered that 43 percent of persons who perpetrate school massacres also commit acts of animal cruelty most commonly towards cats and dogs according to the findings phil arco coordinator of the national link coalition a non-profit that focuses on the confluence of violence against animals and violence against humans has
Written frequently about animal abuse as a sign of domestic violence or what is known as predictor crime in the media indeed according to a 1983 research animal abuse was discovered in 88 of the houses where physical child abuse was being examined at the time according to the study if a youngster is harsh to animals it may be a sign that the child has suffered from major abuse or neglect at the hands of their parents children who witness animal abuse are at
Greater risk of becoming animal abusers themselves as a result of their experience according to a 2017 study 89 percent of women who had companion animals while in an abusive relationship said that their animals had been threatened damaged or murdered by their abusive partner according to the study another study found that domestic violence towards pets is associated with domestic violence towards humans and
That it can also be used as a tool of domestic abuse with violent members of the household threatening to harm or actually harming a companion animal as a method of control and as a form of emotional violence indeed more than half of women in domestic violence shelters admit that they put off their departure because they were concerned for their pets.