Animal cruelty officers in Pennsylvania are appealing for information over the apparent shooting of a grey horse with a paintball gun.The Lancaster County SPCA wants the public’s help in finding the horse’s owner.
It said its cruelty officers received a call from the management of the New Holland Sales Stable after they discovered an abandoned horse left on their property this week following its normal horse sale.
The pony was found at auction yards after a regular livestock sale. Photo: Lancaster County SPCA/Facebook
The condition of the horse prompted the stable management and stable veterinarian to contact the SPCA for help.
It transpires the horse was not originally checked in as a “horse for sale”. It appeared to have been dumped at the stable property after the sale was finished.
No identification on the horse could be found.
SPCA officials say the horse is aged about 20 and is an Arabian/appaloosa pony cross.
It has a low body condition score and it was found to be blind in the right eye.
“It was apparent the pony had been shot with a paint gun nearly 130 times,” the charity reported on its Facebook page.
The pony, it said, was sore to the touch.
“The sales’ stable veterinarian evaluated the horse and provided treatment and pain medication in order for her to be transported to New Bolton Center by Omega Horse Rescue.”
The New Bolton Center is the large animal hospital at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine.
“We are asking for anyone who would know the owner or their whereabouts, or who have any information in regards to this horse, to please contact the Lancaster County SPCA at 717-917-6979 or email information to info@lancasterspca.org.”
All calls would be kept anonymous, the charity said.
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