Seagrove NC man arrested for animal cruelty towards a horse, horse dies after medical attention is sought out

 

Seagrove, N.C. — Moore County sheriff’s deputies said Friday they have arrested a Seagrove man accused of starving and mistreating his horse.
Rocky Chriscoe, 33, of 216 Wilkes Road in Seagrove, was charged with felony cruelty to animals, misdemeanor child abuse and resisting a public officer.
Deputies said they went to Chriscoe’s home on Sept. 16 and found an injured horse tied to a tree on the property. The horse was malnourished, had severe wounds and needed immediate medical care.
Animal control officers took the horse for treatment at the Southern Pine Equine Clinic and Healing Hearts Equine Rescue. Doctors and equine rescue members worked through the night to save the horse, but the animal did not survive.
Deputies returned to Chriscoe’s home Sept. 20 and said the man tried to run while carrying his 2-year-old daughter.
Investigators also served three other warrants on Chriscoe: one from Randolph County for resisting a public officer, one from Randolph County for driving while license revoked and operating a vehicle with fictious vehicle registration, and one from Moore County for probation violation.
Chriscoe was being held in the Moore County jail under a $22,500 bond.

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Has Horse Slaughter haulted for American Horses ?

Press Release: Poisoned Horse Meat Impacts American Horse Slaughter Industry

by Lisa Drahorad on Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:13pm ·

Poisoned Horse Meat Impacts American Horse Slaughter Industry

The news started trickling in on Friday with rumors of trucks filled with hundreds of horses bound for slaughter being turned away at the plants in Canada and Mexico. As equine advocates struggled to separate fact from fiction regarding this important turn of events for America’s horses, it appears that poisonous drugs found in the meat have forced the EU and the slaughter plants to finally make a stand and cease all slaughter of American horses. The EU is expected to make a statement on Monday, October 15.

American horsemeat contains hazardous carcinogens and other drugs like Phenylbutazone (Bute). Drugs that are clearly marked “Not intended for animals used for human consumption” but are commonly given to horses throughout their lives as they serve as working and companion animals to the American people. Despite these warnings, 1% of the total American horse populations, approximately 134,000 horses have been sent to slaughter every year. These numbers have remained constant and steady even with the closing of the last American slaughter plant in 2007.

"We all knew this was coming and have warned of it for years, yet the suddenness caught all by complete surprise. The EID (Equine Information Document) was the last chance for the horse slaughter industry and its agents to show they could be trusted to assure the safety of the horse meat that is their stock and trade. But their long history of flaunting environmental, transport, humane and other regulations made it inevitable that they would treat the drug residue issue as a joke. True to form, they are already blaming "animal rights" radicals." ~ John Holland, President of Equine Welfare Alliance

Congress has ignored the voice of 80% of Americans against slaughter but this decision by the EU could mean there is hope for our horses and could truly be the end of slaughter. With the option of slaughter being taken away, there would be hope that horse values will increase as mass breeding stops. The BLM would have to come up with another plan for the 45,000 wild mustangs currently in holding pens. People would no longer fear horse auctions as a place to sell their horses. Private auction bidders would no longer be outbid by kill buyers looking for horses to fill their load. Horse industry revenues would go up everywhere as a live horse provides more dollars to the economy over a slaughtered one.

We are estimating upwards of 5,000 horses are currently “lost” in the slaughter pipeline while agencies figure out next steps. It has become increasingly obvious that rescue organizations and individuals need to muster up and be ready for a call to action to help the horses that are now in this, albeit possibly temporary defunct slaughter pipeline.

For more information or if you can help the horses stuck in the slaughter pipeline, please contact Another Chance 4 Horses, www.ac4h.com, Christy Sheidy, Christy@ac4h.com 484-824-4904 or Lisa Drahorad, rovergrl@hotmail.com 856-287-4518.

Lisa Drahorad, Event Coordinator Another Chance 4 Horses
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Yadkin County couple charged with animal cruelty

By: Michael Hewlett | Winston-Salem Journal
Published: July 27, 2012 Updated: July 27, 2012 - 11:44 AM

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A Yadkin County man and woman were arrested on animal-cruelty charges after investigators found a malnourished horse on their property, according to a news release from the Yadkin County Sheriff's Office.

Diego Armando Arroyo-Solis, 21, of Yadkinville was charged with one count of felony cruelty to animals and one count of felony kill animal by starvation. Faith Smith Arroyo, 28, of Jonesville, was charged with one count of felony kill animals by starvation and one count of misdemeanor cruelty to animals.

Yadkin County detectives received an anonymous call about an animal complaint in Jonesville and they discovered a horse that was extremely malnourished and in bad health, the sheriff's office said in the news release. The horse belonged to Arroyo-Solis.

Per recommendation of the local veterinarian, the horse had to be euthanized.

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NC Horse Abuse Case in Burke County

Woman pleads no contest to animal cruelty charges in alleged horse abuse case

Credit: Julie N. Chang/The News Herald

In this file photo, Burke County Animal Control officers attempt to load a horse into a trailer. Officers seized about 12 horses from 3492 and 3500 Crawley Higgins Ave. after a visit showed signs of neglect and animal cruelty, according to the search warrant.

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By: Reynolds Hutchins | Morganton News Herald

Published: June 26, 2012 Updated: June 26, 2012 - 5:32 PM

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MORGANTON, N.C. – A Morganton woman charged with three counts of animal cruelty pleaded no contest in court Monday and now faces restitution charges to Burke County Animal Control.

Bobbie Darlene Reep, 54, of Crawley Higgins Avenue was served a criminal summons June 5 for animal cruelty after Burke County law enforcement removed 12 horses from her property the day before.

Authorities referred to the animals as thin and malnourished before taking them into custody and placing them under the care of Animal Control.

Reep originally claimed the horses appeared to be so unhealthy because they had been rescues.

“They have all been basically rescues or wild mustangs,” Reep said June 4. “A lot of the times they’re skin and bones and we take care of them.”

In court Tuesday, Reep revealed that she had signed ownership of the horses over to the state after the horses were seized.

When Animal Control requested Reep pay restitution for the horses’ maintenance, the defense explained to the court that Reep’s income up to the time of the seizure had been based solely on her horses.

“She’s pretty well, at this time, tapped out financially,” Reep’s attorney stated in court.

After some deliberation, the court decided that Reep must pay restitution of $5,511.42, but over a period of time set by a probation officer.

While the court stated it understood Reep’s economic circumstances, it believed, “she should bear some sort of responsibility.”

Reep refused to comment.