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Punching horse may land man in deep doodoo
Associated Press ^ | February 1, 2006

Posted on 02/02/2006 1:35:40 AM PST by kingattax

OROVILLE, Calif. --A 24-year-old man could be shoveling horse manure as part of his punishment for punching a police horse.

Butte County Superior Court Judge Stephen Benson sentenced Robert William Huff, of Chico, to 20 hours of community service and 24 hours in jail after he pleaded no contest Tuesday to a charge of assaulting a police horse.

The horse, named "Bailey," was helping police control fraternity party crowds last Labor Day when Huff allegedly backhanded it in the face. Huff's attorney, William Short, said the horse had stepped on Huff's foot and was he was trying to get it off.

"There was never any malicious intent," Short said.

District attorney Mike Ramsey said he hopes Huff's probation will be spent "shoveling horse manure at the Chico police mounted unit's training grounds."

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: horsemanure

1 posted on 02/02/2006 1:35:43 AM PST by kingattax
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To: kingattax

Mongo just pawn in game of Life.


2 posted on 02/02/2006 4:36:09 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: kingattax

This comment will only make sense to those who live in my area, but....

Hmmm - had Mr. Huff been a basketball player for the University of Cincinnati under former Coach Bob Huggins he could have done this and suffered no repercussions at all.


3 posted on 02/02/2006 5:50:46 AM PST by day10 (I'm gonna be a happy idiot and struggle for the legal tender.....)
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To: HairOfTheDog
Ping
4 posted on 02/02/2006 6:16:41 AM PST by ecurbh (Let's build a snowman! We can make him tall or we can make him not so tall...)
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To: kingattax; Beaker; Rose of Sharn; deaconjim; AnAmericanMother; Endeavor; cjshapi; 3catsanadog; ...
If the horse was on his foot, it seems he didn't get out of the way like he was sposed to :~D

These horses are as bomb proof as they come, and I know they seem to work really well, but as a horseman, I'd feel pretty vulnerable doing crowd control on horseback.

Ping!


5 posted on 02/02/2006 6:27:03 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: ecurbh; CindyDawg; PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; Duchess47; FrogInABlender

I did a bad copy paste on my ping list and missed all of you...

Ping :~D


6 posted on 02/02/2006 6:46:06 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

IF there was indeed a large crowd it may not have been his fault for not getting out of the way.

If the guy has no previous record of animal abuse, I'd say let him go. This probably wasn't a malicious act. Just reaction. I've had them step on me, and just stand there. I've seen them step on a dog and just stand there with the dog yipping and flopping around, usually don't move till the dog nips them in the leg. It's to bad he got the horse in the face, but hey, I'm sure the horse can get over it. I'd say your horse getting knocked around if he was used for this sort of thing goes with the terriotory and should be expected and not taken personally.

Becky


7 posted on 02/02/2006 7:16:58 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Never under estimate the power of stupid people in a large group:)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Agreed - this isn't an animal abuse case really. Would be interesting to know if he was trying to get out of the way, or if he was being intentionally combative.


8 posted on 02/02/2006 7:19:56 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: kingattax

A backhand is not a punch. Punching someone (or some horse) involves a closed fist.

Backhanding is a slap.


9 posted on 02/02/2006 7:20:42 AM PST by Xenalyte (Just picture the photo a bottle of Jager shoot glasses with dark liquid in them.)
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To: HairOfTheDog

If he was being intentionally combative, then throw the book at him.

Becky


10 posted on 02/02/2006 7:21:29 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Never under estimate the power of stupid people in a large group:)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

He probably was sentenced to the 24 hours jail because that's already served.... they probably arrested him and held him that long till someone bailed him out...

Now I guess he has to clean stalls... hey - I do that every day and I didn't do anything wrong :~D


11 posted on 02/02/2006 7:24:45 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Many years ago I knew a guy that punched his horse. Broke several bones in his
hand and he wore a cast for a couple of months.

I don't think the horse had any injury but it did have the last laugh.

12 posted on 02/02/2006 10:52:29 AM PST by Inge_CAV
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To: Inge_CAV

LOL! I was thinking the same thing. I learned a long time ago to not smack my horses with my hand. It hurts you lots worse than it hurts them. If they can take punches from each other with hard hooves and barely flinch, a smack by a soft little human hand barely even registers.


13 posted on 02/02/2006 12:03:20 PM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: FrogInABlender
You have that right, no way am I going to smack a horse.

It might make me walk home....... : )

14 posted on 02/02/2006 3:09:25 PM PST by Inge_CAV
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To: kingattax

This is kinda off subject,
my Mom's grandpa had a cow just keel over while he was milking her, he got so mad that he kicked her in the side and it started her heart back up.


15 posted on 02/02/2006 5:45:17 PM PST by Sarcastic1 (Money can't buy knives)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
Same here - many times. Have the crooked toes to prove it. My mother insisted on taking me to the Emergency Room. They'd put on tiny little splints on my big toes which would fall off over and over again shortly thereafter. She gave up on the ER after about the 3rd or 4th time.

I'd have to hit my horses in the shoulder with closed fist a couple times, lean hard against them, yell and flail my arms and attempt to lift the hoof as though I was going to clean it before they finally got the hint. I swear, they knew exactly what was going on and thoroughly enjoyed watching me in hysterics.

16 posted on 02/03/2006 7:07:07 AM PST by 3catsanadog (When anything goes, everything does.)
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