This is an extremely unfortunate situation and I am appalled by the conditions these animals are living in and very concerned for their safety.
After many phone calls and e-mails today I made a brief statement to update people on the situation that can be read on the pine tree news website.
Pine Tree web news service statement
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i find this very disturbing i have some horses of my own and would hate to think of them living in this kind of situation i think it is very disrespectibale to the horse