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OWNER FOUND! - Found Sorrel Horse in King County, WA – 1/21/07
Turns out his name is Jedi and I have found his owner. Apparently she thought a friend was taking care of him for the last eight weeks and she was unable to come check on him so she didn't know that he wasn't being fed.~ Kristi 1/29/07
READ MORE about condition horse was found in and how Kristi came to have him HERE
Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Kristi on Friday, January 26, 2007 at 13:43:18
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realname: Kristi
city: Enumclaw
state: WA
zip: 98022
date found: 1/21/07
how where found: Abandoned in pasture
city/county found: Enumclaw, King County, WA
horses name: "O.B." - Old Bones
breed: Maybe QH?
sex: Gelding
color: Chestnut
age: Guess is over 15
weight: Maybe 800lbs if he's lucky
height: Approx. 16.1 hands
identifiable characteristics: Crooked blaze that ends before nostrils and then snip on nose, four white socks
how found details: We saw him starving in a pasture and when we asked the property owners who he belonged to they said he had been dropped off two months earlier and nobody had come back and no money had been paid to them for board. They said they'd left messages for the person who dropped him off (all they had was a phone number) but hadn't heard back. When we told them it was abuse to have him on their property and not feed him they told us to take him if we wanted him. I took him home and am nursing him back to health - he's very underweight, has an eye infection, needed his feet trimmed badly and is covered in bite or kick wounds. We're calling him Old Bones after the famous racehorse Exterminator.
have pic: Yes
agency: King County Animal Control
agency address:
agency city: Seattle
agency state: WA
agency zip: 98031
agency county: King
agency phone:
agency fax:
agency email:
agency reportdate: 1/26/07
agency casenum:
agency contact: Sgt. Couvion
reward: No
other notes: It is being considered abandonment and abuse which in this state requires the horse to go to auction or to be "officially rescued" by a recognized horse rescue - I am working on this now and then I will adopt him.
do agree: yes
Submitted by Kristi on Friday, January 26, 2007
A friend of mine recently found a starving (see pictures) horse in a pasture at the farm she rents a pasture from. She called the property owners to inquire about this horse and
was told that "a girl dropped him off two months ago and said she'd be back in a day and never came back". She then asked them if they were feeding it and they told her it
wasn't their horse to feed. She then told them that another friend of ours was calling Animal Control as it was abuse to let a horse starve (I believe she used the friends name
for fear of them not letting her rent there). They then told her that all they had was a phone number for this horses owner and that they'd left messages and the calls weren't
returned... and they went on to say "if you want or know someone who can take care of it just take it" and acted put out by the whole thing. This is when I was called, as I am
the friend with the big heart that can't say no to animals in need, and the horse was brought to my barn.
I am nursing the horses eye infection and many wounds (look like bites from other horses or rubs on barbed wire?) as well as trying to put weight back on him slowly/safely. In
the meantime I wonder who really owned this horse and I pray someone isn't looking for him. I have been leery of going to the police as I fear my having him may not be legal
and I fear form him going anywhere else. I have posted "Found" ads on pets911 and petfinder... can I post one on your site as well? It mentions having the horse legally
and I don't even know if I'd be considered a thief?
Any help or advice would be appreciated!
K-L in Enumclaw, WA
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