Vindy.com, the online edition of The Vindicator, has reported that 16 malnourished horses have been removed from a boarding farm in Canfield, Ohio. Hubbard veterinarian Suzanne Wilcox, DVM, told the paper the horses were living in “unsafe and squalid conditions.”






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COURTESY DR. SUZANNE WILCOX


This weak, ataxic horse was one removed from a farm in Canfield, Ohio. Dr. Suzanne Wilcox said he had to be euthanatized.


The horses were living in stalls with 12-15 inches of manure and scum-filled water buckets, she said after assessing the animals last week. Property owner Thomas Skelton owns some of the horses and others are boarded animals

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