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inanna

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Sun Dec 14, 2014, 09:37 PM Dec 2014

BC SPCA seizes 16 emaciated horses from Okanagan farm

The BC SPCA is investigating after discovering numerous horses on a farm in B.C.'s Interior that were malnourished and near death.

Kathy Woodward, a protection officer with the animal welfare agency, said 16 horses were seized last week on a farm in the Armstrong area, north of Vernon.

She said the SPCA had been watching the farm for about a year after tips from the public raised concerns about the operation, which has more than 100 horses.

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She said the horses are in extremely bad shape and some may not survive.

"The horses that we took custody of, were between .5 out of 9 and a 1.5 out of a 9 on body condition score and, ah, 1.5 is emaciated. Point five doesn't even hit the scale," she said.

Link:http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-spca-seizes-16-emaciated-horses-from-okanagan-farm-1.2872984?cmp=rss

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I hope they throw the book at these creeps shenmue Dec 2014 #1
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