Trial for KY Man, 59, Accused of Starving Horses Set to Begin

Campbellsville Central Kentucky News-Journal ^ | 04-23-04 | Dial, Rebecca

[Theodore R.]

By Rebecca Dial, News Editor The trial for the Campbellsville man accused of starving his horses is set to begin tomorrow morning in Taylor District Court before Judge James Avritt Jr.

John A. Humphress, 59, of 116 Kensington Way is charged with 47 counts of second-degree cruelty to animals and three counts of failing to dispose of a carcass within 48 hours.

[coydog]

Another sorry excuse for a human being proving his personal inferiority to the animals in his care. Some people you just want to THROTTLE...

COYDOG

[ecurbh]

...charged with 47 counts of second-degree cruelty to animals...

Sick bastard ping.

[HairOfTheDog]

I am going to start a regular horse-chat thread on Monday, for people to share their knowledge and talk horse issues on Free Republic. I always enjoy talking to other horse people here!

Let me know if you want to be on a ping list to keep track of such a thread!

[CindyDawg]

I didn't know you were serious. Sign me up :')

[HairOfTheDog]

When we are set up on our dream farm..... I'd like to reserve a spot for fostering cases like this.

[MissEdie]

I would love to do the same - have a place for neglected and abused animals. But right now I would really love to have 5 mins alone with this useless piece of pond scum. I think I could teach him a thing or 2 about what it feels like to be abused.

[Balding_Eagle]

Thirty years ago I worked with a guy like this. It was a good part of a year before I found out his nickname was Appaloosa John, 'cuz he like Appaloosa's. A really nice guy, good to work with.

One day he was late, said he had to make arrangements with the Sheriff to feed his horses. Long story short, he WASN'T feeding his horses, (he had about 80 Appaloosa's spread accross the county) someone rightly turned him in, and the Sheriff feed his horses until Appaloosa John went to court, where he lost most of his horses.

Very rough guy, seemed likable though. That is until I found out what he really was like.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Sign me up:)

BEcky

[Bluntpoint]

I just came in from bandaging one of my horse's legs.

She got caught in some wire and stripped about a four inch patch of hide off her fetlock. Nasty!

[HairOfTheDog]

Ouch. Those can be slow to heal... Wants to break open all the time....

Gonna need vet?

[yhwhsman]

Humphress also said he wasn't happy with the care that his horses have received since they were taken away from him in February

This must be an abuser's SOP, get caught abusing children/animals and then feign concern for their well-being.

[3catsanadog]

Ping me!!!!!