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Amish man beat ‘overburdened’ horse until it collapsed, police say
Washington post ^ | August 6, 2016 | Peter Holley

Posted on 08/07/2016 10:32:49 AM PDT by Morgana

Police have charged a Pennsylvania man with animal cruelty after he allegedly beat a horse after the animal collapsed Tuesday while pulling a heavy load on a rural road in Lancaster County.

Marvin M. Sensenig, 20, of Ephrata, Pa., was arrested Friday and faces two counts of cruelty to animals, Ephrata police announced in a statement.

“It is alleged that the defendant unreasonably struck a horse that was overburdened with a heavy load,” the statement says. “The horse expired shortly thereafter.”

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TOPICS: Gardening; Local News
KEYWORDS: amish; amishhorse; beating; deadhorse; reallyamish; workingdogs
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To: Morgana

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.


21 posted on 08/07/2016 12:06:32 PM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl (Proud Islamophobe.)
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To: leakinInTheBlueSea
Waiting to hear it from the media... Lone Wolf... Nothing to do with Amish... Religion had nothing to do with it..

He was radicalized by Donald Trump, or George Bush. Or Climate change effected the horse.

22 posted on 08/07/2016 12:11:38 PM PDT by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned and destitute sinner+ trust Him to save you, then follow Him!)
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To: I want the USA back; redleghunter; Springfield Reformer; kinsman redeemer; BlueDragon; metmom; ...
The purpose of religion is to make people better, not to give them outdated practices to follow and tell them that that’s the way to win favor with God.

What outdated practices to follow?

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. (Proverbs 12:10)?

23 posted on 08/07/2016 12:19:10 PM PDT by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned and destitute sinner+ trust Him to save you, then follow Him!)
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To: mancini
Stories like this and the puppy mills don’t endear the Amish to me.

"The Amish' are not a monolithic group, while I am sure they can be like institutionalized religion. Yet based upon the article, I see no actual beating.

24 posted on 08/07/2016 12:22:44 PM PDT by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned and destitute sinner+ trust Him to save you, then follow Him!)
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To: Morgana

For once, it really was the Amish.


25 posted on 08/07/2016 12:26:52 PM PDT by Gamecock (There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
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To: I want the USA back

The Bible has quite a few passages on this topic. Christians are to take good care of their animals.


26 posted on 08/07/2016 12:29:30 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Morgana

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


27 posted on 08/07/2016 12:37:39 PM PDT by wardaddy (black lives kill....and kill....and kill.....like no other race today senselessly)
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To: I want the USA back; daniel1212

[[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.]]

religion changes nothing

Following Jesus and reading his word transforms peoples lives.


28 posted on 08/07/2016 12:40:34 PM PDT by Lera ( 1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
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To: Morgana

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.


29 posted on 08/07/2016 12:56:47 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Morgana

We live in an Amish area and this does not surprise me in the least. Neither Amish animals or property are taken care of.


30 posted on 08/07/2016 1:06:09 PM PDT by mom4melody
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To: I want the USA back

No one - not you - not me - not Amish - not Muslims - not
Christians - no one - is going to be made worthy by their
“perfect” works. If they were; then Christ would not have
had to pay the penalty for sin by his death on the cross.

However, the Amish man who mistreated the horse is a ASS!


31 posted on 08/07/2016 1:43:16 PM PDT by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: I want the USA back
All religions, except one, instruct followers how to reach some sort if eternal paradise. And that is through leading some sort of good life.

Except Christianity, which teaches that we can't be good enough. Jesus fulfilled the law for all who believe.

32 posted on 08/07/2016 1:50:16 PM PDT by Gamecock (There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
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To: daniel1212

You don’t have to beat an animal to abuse it.


33 posted on 08/07/2016 2:20:31 PM PDT by mancini
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To: mancini

Amish in our area, the wife saw the Amish work a horse to collapse on a hot day. She brought it water to help cool it. Amish farmer was just mad because the horse wasn’t working.

Amish is just a CULT. They are legalistic not religious.

Nothing to admire about them.


34 posted on 08/07/2016 2:41:05 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: Vaquero
I’ve been misinformed about what Amish is....


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35 posted on 08/07/2016 2:43:04 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: RegulatorCountry; goat granny

Mine are spoiled rotten!


36 posted on 08/07/2016 2:50:40 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: mancini
You don’t have to beat an animal to abuse it.



37 posted on 08/07/2016 2:55:40 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

LOL! I could never bring myself to dress up my dogs.


38 posted on 08/07/2016 3:57:56 PM PDT by mancini
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To: Elsie

lol I just got a cat from the Lapeer animal control....she is sweet and likes me. I don’t have to talk to myself anymore I talk to the cat......step one on how to become that crazy cat lady down the street...I would have an Angora baby if I could....goats are great, condo association frowns on them...


39 posted on 08/07/2016 4:52:11 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: mancini

On our goats first Halloween; we tried the largest dog costume that WallyWorld had, on our Ellie Mae.

It was a Little House on the Prairie style dress with sunbonnet, and she did NOT like it and it was too small anyway.


40 posted on 08/07/2016 6:28:52 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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