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9 HORSES AND MANY OTHER ANIMALS SEIZED IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY, VIRGINIA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, April 22, 2009. Investigators and volunteers from the United States Equine Rescue League assisted Gloucester County Animal Control in the seizure of eight horses Monday from a property in Hayes, Virginia after one horse seized weeks earlier was found to have suffered a severe leg injury. Allegedly, the horse’s owner refused to obtain proper veterinary treatment for the horse’s injury that was most likely caused by one or more of the dangerous objects that littered the property.
Several of the horses seized yesterday were underweight and all were taken to an undisclosed USERL rehabilitation barn in the Richmond area where they will receive proper nutrition, veterinary and farrier care.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, April 22, 2009. Investigators and volunteers from the United States Equine Rescue League assisted Gloucester County Animal Control in the seizure of eight horses Monday from a property in Hayes, Virginia after one horse seized weeks earlier was found to have suffered a severe leg injury. Allegedly, the horse’s owner refused to obtain proper veterinary treatment for the horse’s injury that was most likely caused by one or more of the dangerous objects that littered the property.
Several of the horses seized yesterday were underweight and all were taken to an undisclosed USERL rehabilitation barn in the Richmond area where they will receive proper nutrition, veterinary and farrier care.
All other animals on the property, including dogs, chickens, roosters, doves, pigeons, cows and a steer, most living in unsafe and filthy conditions, were also removed from the property and are being housed by the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society and a local farm.
Charges are pending against the owner, Robert Warden.
USERL, a 501(c)3 non-profit volunteer organization, was created in 1997 to educate the public about the proper care of their equines and to rehabilitate and eventually find safe and loving permanent homes for neglected and abused horses. With an all-volunteer staff, USERL relies on donations to care for and rehabilitate horses in need until they can be placed in a safe permanent home. Donations can be mailed to:
USERL-Richmond Region
P.O. Box 28378
Richmond, VA 23228
www.userl-vard.org <http://www.userl-vard.org/>
www.userl.org <http://www.userl.org/>
Contact:
Susan White
Director - Richmond Region
State Lead Equine Cruelty Investigator - Virginia
United States Equine Rescue League
804-402-2490
Charges are pending against the owner, Robert Warden.
USERL, a 501(c)3 non-profit volunteer organization, was created in 1997 to educate the public about the proper care of their equines and to rehabilitate and eventually find safe and loving permanent homes for neglected and abused horses. With an all-volunteer staff, USERL relies on donations to care for and rehabilitate horses in need until they can be placed in a safe permanent home. Donations can be mailed to:
USERL-Richmond Region
P.O. Box 28378
Richmond, VA 23228
www.userl-vard.org <http://www.userl-vard.org/>
www.userl.org <http://www.userl.org/>
Contact:
Susan White
Director - Richmond Region
State Lead Equine Cruelty Investigator - Virginia
United States Equine Rescue League
804-402-2490