Today I was
Horse burned on NW Pa. farm treated at Ohio State
The Associated Press
CENTERVILLE, Pa. -- A horse doused with flammable liquid and set afire at a northwestern Pennsylvania farm last month is being treated at Ohio State University thanks to about $10,000 in donations.
The Meadville Tribune reports Northstar suffered burns over 40 percent of its body when a person who has yet to be caught lit the animal on fire overnight Aug. 25-26. The incident occurred in Athens Township in Crawford County, about 90 miles north of Pittsburgh.
After being treated at a veterinary clinic in Titusville, the horse was transferred to Ohio State's Galbreath Equine Center. The horse is reportedly doing well, but faces about a year's worth of skin graft treatments that will leave the animal scarred and disfigured.
State police in Corry continue to investigate.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/17/4827290/horse-burned-on-nw-pa-farm-treated.html#storylink=cpy
I haven't been a practicing Catholic for years, but I'm going to have to go to confession for what I'd like to do to the sick S.O.B who committed this heinous act. I can't say any more than that, I am so sickened. What is it that makes people do things like this to other people or animals?
Thankfully I then read this, and some sense of balance was restored to my little corner of the world.
Hamilton police horse Trooper gets a new job
By Samantha Craggs, CBC News
Trooper and officer Preston Gabriele placed first in the uniform division of the North American Police Equestrian Championship last year. Arthritis has forced Trooper to retire from the police force, but he has a new job with the Equestrian Association for the Disabled.May there always be more Troopers and people who, like him, try to do good in the world, rather than the kind who bring pain and suffering.
For two years, he's patrolled busy streets and packed crowds. Now the faithful police horse named Trooper has a new gig with the Equestrian Association for the Disabled (TEAD).
The eight-year-old Percheron was one of four horses used to launch Hamilton Police Service's mounted patrol unit two years ago. Earlier this year, he developed arthritis, which made him unable to handle the long shifts required of a police horse.
Police services board members voted Monday to donate him to TEAD, where he will join 16 other horses to carry disabled children and adults around a Mount Hope farm.
Preston Gabriele and Trooper. (Hamilton Police Service)It's the perfect job for Trooper, who is renowned for his gentle personality and even temper, said Inspector Scott Rastin.
“Usually it takes a year and a half to have a horse that can function as a police horse, and can go through traffic and disturbances and not be scared,” Rastin said.
“But before Trooper had a year of training, he was on the road by himself. He was that good a horse.”
Trooper has dealt with many chaotic scenes during his time with the unit. He was a common sight during rowdy late nights at Hess Village. He was an important part of the police presence at last year's Occupy protest in Hamilton.
Trooper and officer Preston Gabriele even won first place in the uniform division of the North American Police Equestrian Championship.
Trooper's large size and even temper make him a good fit for TEAD, said board member Patricia MacInnis.
“He sounds like a very gentle boy,” she said. “No horse is bomb proof, but we try to get horses that are as bomb proof as possible.”
Riding horses is good therapy for TEAD's 120 riders, MacInnis said. Riders can feel a full range of movement, in addition to the feeling of liberation.
“When we put our riders on the back of a horse, they are able to feel what like to be an able bodied person,” she said.
The unit is training a new horse. There will be a "name the horse" competition announced soon, Rastin said.
.
I also read yesterday that a police barn was broken into and the horses terrorized. I think it was Chicago. Poor horses don't deserve to be treated like that from ignorant people
ReplyDeleteHi Jessica, I saw that one as well. You're right, they don't. Heaven knows people don't deserve to be trated the way they often do by other people. You know, sometimes I think a big part of the world's population could do with a very lengthy time out.
Delete