Almost 80 Horses Were Just Left To Starve For Alone


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An estimated 80 horses are attempting to live in a pasture outside Albacete, Spain, after being abandoned without food or water.

According to reports, mother horses that had been feeding their foals are no longer able to provide milk for them. Three of the foals are so frail that they can hardly stand. The horses’ ribs may be seen in their sides in photos.

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People are scrambling to figure out how to assist them. A group of local Good Samaritans recently delivered hay bundles to the animals. However, long-term assistance is more difficult.

According to Easy Horse Care Rescue Center (EHCRC), villagers first reported the abandoned horses to the police on November 25, and Spain’s animal protection organization has inspected the horses twice since then, but officials have yet to make any formal decisions about what to do. People are concerned that the horse families’ time is running short.

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“Our personal opinion is that there has so far been little action on the police’s behalf as there is nowhere to rescue these horses to,” Koren Helbig, volunteer media manager with EHCRC, a nonprofit in the region that works to save neglected and abused horses and donkeys, told The Dodo.

“This used to happen often in our area,” Helbig explained. “Police would receive official reports of abuse and neglect, would agree that the case warranted action, but would be unwilling/unable to act as there was simply nowhere to place such a big animal after a legal seizure.”

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The good news is that EHCRC has helped raise awareness about the problem of abandoned horses since its inception in 2008.

“Now that we’re here, the police are considerably more inclined to intervene, and they frequently visit our rescues before formally placing the animal in our care,” Helbig explained. “However, we still receive no government money and rely only on contributions to stay afloat, which is why we couldn’t afford to accept all 80 Albacete horses if they were taken.”

However, due to the region’s financial crisis, an increasing number of animals are being neglected since their owners cannot afford to care for them, and the nation does not appear to have the necessary resources.

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“This happens all too often, horses being abandoned in large numbers as the financial crisis here continues,” EHCRC wrote. “We urgently need to create a proper animal welfare system here, like those that exist in the U.K. and other European Union countries. This cannot go on.”

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Despite the fact that the shelter is practically filled, EHCRC offered to take in two of the horses – the shelter now has 99 – but the horses’ owner has allegedly refused to give his animals, despite the fact that they are starving.

And the horses have not been formally seized by the police, most likely because there is nowhere for them to go.

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“It’s ridiculous that everyone knows these animals are hungry,” EHCRC stated, “but nobody can do anything because there’s nowhere to put them, nowhere for these creatures to be saved to.” “We’re quite frustrated.

We’d be there in a heartbeat if we had the funds and facilities… However, we require assistance. We require financial assistance. We require more space.”

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