Ten dead horses were exhumed on a Stouffville farm Saturday, two weeks after the property owner discovered three other decomposed carcasses, as well as 14 horses and a pony living in sordid stalls, all of them sickly thin. The animals were under the care of David Lee Small, Victoria Small and Jason Leroy Small, who had been renting the barnyard and farmland since September, said landlord Michael Cheung. Jason Leroy Small told the Star his family’s company aims to rescue abandoned horses and privately find new homes for them. Cheung made the gruesome discovery of three dead horses in varying stages of decomposition shortly after he evicted the Smalls on April 22. Read more: Trio charged with animal neglect after emaciated horses found on farm “In total, it was 13.

Source: thestar May 21, 2018 00:11 UTC