Category Archives: Equine Welfare

Beat The Heat Tip

Posted on July 7, 2012 | Leave a comment

Here’s a great idea from the American Competitive Trail Horse Association on how to keep your horses water cool in the Texas heat.  Just freeze gallon jugs of water and place them in the horse’s water tanks. Remove the caps as a safety precaution.   

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Seized Horses

Posted on August 19, 2009 | Leave a comment

Recent news about the seizure of over 70 horses from a Pilot Point horse breeder should serve as a wake-up call to everyone involved in the North Texas horse industry. 

Times are tough. 

With the ongoing drought and the relentlessly sagging economy – tragedies like this may increase. 

Good, solid people might be forced into choices and situations they never expected to face.

Reach out to your neighbors.  If we help each other we can get through the bad times and emerge even stronger.

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Pilot Point Horses Seized

Posted on August 19, 2009 | Leave a comment

The following is from the Denton County Sheriff’s Office:

 
Deputies seize 76 starved Arabian horses
Denton County Sheriff’s deputies seized 76 malnourished Arabian horses from Renazans equestrian farm in the 8300 block of Hub Clark Road near Pilot Point this morning.

The horses were extremely emaciated with their ribs and large joints prominently displayed. No apparent food or water was available for the horses. The stalls for the horses being housed in the barns had not been cleaned in quite some time and some of the horses were standing in 6 to 8 inches of urine and feces.

The Sheriff’s Office learned of the horses’ plight through a voice mail that was left by a caller on Wednesday. An animal control deputy investigated the location given by the caller the next day and then obtained an arrest and seizure warrant against the owner of the property, Gordon Dennis Key, on charges of Cruelty to a Livestock Animal, a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year and jail and/or a fine not to exceed $4,000. The deputy then made arrangements with the Humane Society of North Texas to seize and transport the animals the next day.

On Friday morning sheriff’s deputies converged on the farm with trailers and seized the horses with the help of volunteers recruited by the Humane Society from Passion Horse and Habitat for Horses. The horses are being taken to the Pilot Point Sale Barn and a horse ranch in Argyle, where they will be evaluated and treated by a veterinarian. The horses will be held at those locations until a custody hearing, which has been set for 10:30 a.m. on August 26.

Please see the attached affidavit.

Tom Reedy
Public Information Officer
Denton County Sheriff’s Office

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