The day after the report, members of the sheriff’s office and Animal Law Enforcement Services seized six horses from the property. One horse needed immediate medical attention for an open wound on its neck. Six horses saved by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and Animal Law Enforcement Officers. One of the horses saved by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and Animal Law Enforcement Officers. A horse rescued by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and Animal Law Enforcement Officers.
Their rib cages were showing and hip bones protruding. They found many of the horses severely underfed with no access to food and water. Horse rescue loses thousands of dollars after fields washed outĭuring the investigation, they found the barn floor caked in feces and infested with flies, and stalls were covered in standing urine, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.