Montana Barn Fire Claims 19 Horses
Pat Raia
April 24, 2012
The blaze broke out just after 5 a.m. on April 23. All 19 horses residing in the 20,000 square foot barn died.
The blaze broke out just after 5 a.m. on April 23. All 19 horses residing in the 20,000 square foot barn died.
Prosecutors accuse Crundwell of misappropriating more than $30 million in city revenue between 2006 and 2012.
Tennessee legislation intended to facilitate private sector horse processing development in that state has been put on hold by its sponsor.
While the owner of a New Mexico meat processing plant awaits USDA approval to begin processing horses for human consumption, that state’s governor says she will ask the agency to deny placement of federal inspectors at the plant.
The District Attorney in Wallowa County, Ore., has dismissed charges against a breeder of Portuguese Lusitano and Andalusian horses accused last year of maltreating more than 100 horses at her farm.
The BLM is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever is responsible for the fatal shooting of two wild horses discovered dead in the Newland Reservoir area in northeastern Lassen County, Calif.
Forty horses were contained in the barn at the time of the blaze. Of those, 18 were killed in fire. The McHenry County Animal Control personnel and volunteers rescued the remaining 22.
The man, who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $30,000 from the show, will serve six months in jail.
The Humane Society of Northeast Georgia received $5,000 from an anonymous donor to establish the reward.
Someone allegedly transported two horses to a rural location before fatally shooting the animals in the head.
A Tennessee Walking Horse sustained five gunshot wounds and a Quarter Horse sustained one gun shot wound.
Erie County would become the fourth New York county to establish a registry for convicted animal abusers.
The groups contend drugs administered during the horses’ lives make them unsuitable for human consumption.
Mark Marohn, DVM, was convicted of maltreating six horses, one of which he tried to use to pull an automobile.
Horse welfare advocates called on Congress to reinstate the funding ban on USDA horsemeat inspections.
Two allegedly maltreated horses will soon be heading to a new home at singer Willie Nelson’s Texas ranch.
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