Posted on 12/30/2005 3:19:33 PM PST by N. Beaujon
(CBS) MAHOPAC A Mahopac woman faces charges of animal cruelty for allegedly beating an 11-year-old horse - by hitting it in the head with a chain. The Putnam County Sheriff's department is charging 20-year-old Anna Nicole Bruno with animal assault.
Bruno, the horse's owner, used to ride Colby in equestrian events and has been ranked high in dressage competition by the U.S. Equestrian Association. http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_361084925.html
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Please sign the petition below. This person needs to do some jail time. http://www.petitiononline.com/QARR/petition.html
What petition? I didn't see it on the website.
This horse abuser should be banned from equestrian events forever. She obviously cannot control her temper.
horsie ping
This needs to be pinged
Horrid woman
Where is the petition?
Stupid woman, a oak stick works better then a chain
I hope she gets jail time and is ordered to never own a horse ever!
Pinging
Thanks, didn't know Hairofthedog was keeper of horse list also
btt for Colby
Is this the perp?
No it's not the perp. Should have said that.
Or the end of a lead rope that has a stud chain on it.
Our horses are strong and can be difficult. Keep your temper people... walk away if you have to. The horse learns only the wrong things from abuse.
Clearly the wrong stuff. Not only is it cruel, but the horse learns the wrong things entirely. We lean strongly on the natural horsemanship side of things. It's more work, but it's a way better deal for the rider and the horse.
Little missy needs to be kept away from horses in general, IMHO. They are sensitive creatures and should never be treated in such a manner.
BUMP!
I tend toward the soft patient side when dealing with my own, and have little respect for people who 'cowboy' horses, but I can't claim I've ~always~ had the patience and knowledge I do know, or that I've ~never~ lost my temper or done something I regretted. I've never hit a horse with anything that left a mark, but I've certainly lost my temper, and I've certainly had them hurt themselves when forced to do something they didn't wanna.
Her loss of temper was evidently witnessed by others in the barn, so it has the potential to be argued in court by people who are both knowledgeable and were there. I'll just hope the judgment is fair and most important, that she learns from it whether horse training is really something she is really suited for.
If I am going to scold a horse I slap the chest....the sound of it is more intimidating to the horse than the hit itself. If one thinks a girl or a man can hit a horse hard enough with a fist or a leg to hurt the horse, then one doesn't know horses..hitting or kicking a horse usually ends up with the homo-sapien enjoying a broken hand or foot.
Never hit a horse around the head, especially with the chain part of the twitch. A headshy horse is a total pain in the arse. There are many better ways to train a horse
Having said that, the trainer has probably gotten enough negative feedback to shame her into not ever doing this again, especially if she had to pay the vet bill.
If you believe this incident is enough to send someone to jail, then come down to West Tennessee or Northern Mississippi and see the Tennessee Tortured Horse in all its prime. With your criterion 50% of the horse owners around here would go into prison for their treatment of horses.
I'm also hedging before signing any petition or calling for a lynch mob. Every horse owner I know has lost their temper with a difficult horse and had it go ill. For myself, I was dreadfully embarrassed and I didn't do the damage, the horse did (over trailer loading)
I don't know how those 'big lick Tennessee Walker people call themselves horsemen. They ain't horse lovers except in a pretty perverted definition.
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