Horses attacked with pickets

[pies4ever]

Horses attacked with pickets
Paul Anderson
April 10, 2007

FOUR horses, including a prized show stallion, have been left cut, bruised and scarred after youths attacked them with metal and wooden pickets.

They were easy targets in their South Morang paddock in what police branded a disgusting and sickening attack.
Acting Sgt Brad Turney, of Mill Park police, said youths had used 3m fence stakes to attack the horses. More than 22 stakes were used against the horses.

Two of the injured horses -- a five-year-old stallion named Ozzy and a three-year-old bay filly called Cowgirl -- were in a holding pen for breeding purposes.

The other injured horses were geldings Curly, 15, and Jester, 13.

Owner Kylie Dalton found them panicked and bleeding about 11am yesterday after the late-night Sunday attack.

"It was just a trail of destruction," Ms Dalton said yesterday.

"I was disgusted and angry. There was a lot of emotion. I rang my mum and started crying, saying: 'My stallion, my filly and my gelding have been stabbed.'

"Ozzy was my 21st birthday present from my mum so I could do what I wanted in breeding and showing.

"He's my livelihood at the moment. He's my showbreeding career.

"I'll have to work on him for another six to 12 months, if not longer, to get him back to show condition."

Ms Dalton said she had no idea why anyone would want to hurt her beautiful animals.

"Whoever did this is bored and stupid. They've got no respect for animals. It was a callous act," she said.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21530032-2862,00.html

[leelee]

ABSO-LUCKING-FLUTELY DISGUISTING!

End of Story

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

What's wrong with people?

[David]

I just can't understand what pleasure can be derived from such cruelty. Sadly, sadism has always been one of the darkest parts of human nature, and is clearly still prevalent.

While the offenders will presumably be punished based on the crime itself, I would be very concerned about allowing them back into society - someone who commits such a callous, sadistic action against animals may have little issue with treating another person the same way.

[stui magpie]

Unfortunately, South Morang has been urbanised so quickly, there are pockets of farmlet still around some reasonable high density housing. That area where the horses are is not far from the local Pub so personally I wouldn't be surprised if it was some young drunks walking home.

You'd think that someone should be able to keep horses on a block that size without some low life using them for target practice with star pickets.

[member34258]

The playstation generation. Think injury inflicted means nothing as the victim just gets up and plays on.

[Dale61]

I think you can pretty much guarantee that Byron wasn't involved!

[~Madness~]

I'd shied away from this thread because I get so traumatised when an animal is hurt. I still haven't read the original article posted or watched the news thread on it either. But seriously. What the hell goes through people's minds when they do this sh1t?