Abuse of seven horses: One Voice demands justice
One Voice leads a nonviolent fight to defend animal rights and respect all life forms. The organization operates independently and is thus free to speak and act freely.
Animals deserve respect and consideration! This is certainly not what a man from Val-de-Marne gave in regard to seven horses and ponies. For at least nine days, they were left to fend for themselves in a common area. One of them with an injured leg was not even treated! The One Voice Zoé Unit has intervened and requested their immediate placement into our partner associations shelters. The hearing took place in May 22nd 2019 in Créteil.
It
all started in Valenton, in Val-de-Marne back in November 2017. Lean,
hungry, horses were trying to survive as best they could, abandoned
on common land. Their only source of food came from a neighbour. She
alone watered them and fed them hay, fruit and vegetables when she
could. No one else seemed to care. For nine days, an animal was left
injured: a poor stallion had cut open his leg, an accident obviously
caused by a gutter. The wound was not treated and a piece of plastic
was trapped inside. One can only imagine the permanent suffering that
this horse must have felt!
In
addition, on another piece of land in the same village, a pony was
also abandoned. Not only was nobody looking after him, but he was
also tethered. Impossible for him to walk or to run, something horses
love to do. He remained alone, almost motionless, with no access to
water or food.
Deeply
indignant of this situation, the neighbour then sounds the alarm. A
complaint is filed on November 20th
2017.
The
investigation now makes it possible to find the person responsible
for this abandonment: a horse breeder. He felt offended and assured
us that he could not treat the injured horse, because the latter was
“difficult to approach”. An unconvincing argument, given
that a piece of plastic was stuck in the animal’s leg which prevented
it from moving normally. Approaching the horse was therefore very
easy, he was waiting for that! It seems obvious that this man had no
intention of looking after his animals with dignity. Horses would
continue to try to survive. Fearing that his horses would be removed,
the man then probably moved them to a shed, the location of which we
do not know, at least outside of the common ground, all to make it
impossible to find them. Justice is running its course today, but the
horses are still under the yoke of an irresponsible man.
One
Voice therefore brought a civil action against this man for
ill-treatment. The Zoé Cell will be at the hearing on May 22nd
2019. These horses must be placed as soon as possible in our partners
shelters! So, they will finally receive the love and good care they
need and deserve.