To the Messenger: I’m writing in reference to the horses that were featured in articles in the June 14 issue of the Messenger. These horses live on a 2.03-acre property by the Meade County Extension Office on Old Ekron Road. I often walk the track around the county Extension office and have seen these horses on numerous occasions. Until a few months ago these horses had nothing in the pens for water – no hay or food to be seen, and another lady and I would pull grass and feed them. It was such a sad sight to see the horses when it rained in nothing but mud all the way over the hooves. I don’t know what keeps them from getting infection in their feet. While we were out there, the smell would be so bad we would have to leave and could not stand to continue walking. I do not know how the people who live around there stand the smell. We were over there one day and a big stallion had gotten out and was running around the mare pens and got in a big fight with another one over the fence. This was all taking place right on Ekron Road, with a big golden retriever running around in the mix. When the stallion found the green grass he laid down and rolled and rolled like he had never been allowed to be out in it. I was born and raised on a farm so I know that horses need room to exercise. To see any animal – let alone horses – treated this way just made me want to cry. When I found out that there were 17 horses there I could not believe it. Do they keep horses locked in stalls in the barn because it looked like the same horses in the pens every time? I just wonder how these people would feel if they had to stand around in mud and in rain and cold and heat with no shade, no water, and no food half the time. Please, people! Have mercy on these poor horses and do something about the inhumane way these horses have to live! Peggy Geary
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