Load him up with a pack of rocks, run him until he drops, and then beat him until he gets up and runs again.
Or doesn’t.
Terrible. But this is not unusual treatment of horses for the Amish. My brother was a harness horse trainer/driver for many years. Others in the business would give or sell their horses unable to race, to the Amish because they make great buggy horses. He never would, he was keenly aware of how they were treated.
Man, a true ‘man-bites-dog’ story... an ‘Amish’ perp turns out to really be Amish.
Stories like this and the puppy mills don’t endear the Amish to me.
Stupidity is not limited to the Democrat Party.
Waiting to hear it from the media... Lone Wolf... Nothing to do with Amish... Religion had nothing to do with it... what could we have done differently as a nation to help this troubled youth with a bright future... Just turining his life around... we need to welcome more Amish into our communities... And of course, the horse acted stupidly.
Just imagine if every case of animal cruelty made the news... Not defending this guys actions in any way, but Heck, only a fraction of murders make the news.
I’m often troubled by my Amish neighbors lack of empathy for their horses.
Dont we have to give homage to the sharia law that says you can beat wives and beasts?
They don’t have sharia law in Amish country?
I’ve been misinformed about what Amish is....right here at FR...(s)
Lancaster County. ....Gee. Just a coinkydynk that is where Pence is having rally on Tuesday?
Amish + beating + dead horse.....
Seems like there’s a FReeper joke in there somewhere.
The purpose of religion is to make people better, not to give them outdated practices to follow and tell them that that’s the way to win favor with God.
Thanks for posting this article. I was not aware of Amish attitudes toward animals. That’s disgusting & unacceptable.
I have nothing but contempt for people who abuse helpless animals. My high opinion of the Amish has changed considerably.
For once, it really was the Amish.
Ok
Amish see horses as beasts of burden the way everyone else used to back when horses used to live 8-9 years max
Flicka notwithstanding
But now we have one guy whose horse collapses and some here go into kill him or bash Amish mode
Yet wonder for a second the abortion rate amongst Amish compared to we English?
I’ll bet we’ve got no high horse to sit upon
I own horses..big yard dogs very well feed and never hit at all aside from a rib nudge to get going
Keeping our beasts under yoke alive within reasonable measure is a Christian creed but the Amish do see them more as a work animal than we do in 2016
It’s perspective when commenting on the Amish as a whole
An eye for an eye.
The cops may want to make a welfare check on his wife and kids. If he beat his horse, he probably did the same to them.
We live in an Amish area and this does not surprise me in the least. Neither Amish animals or property are taken care of.