http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=75410&catid=13 [There is a video.]
EAST AURORA, N.Y. - The Erie County SPCA removed 73 horses, 53 cats, and 5 dogs from a property on Emery Road in the Town of Aurora Thursday after officials say they found them living in filthy conditions.
SPCA Spokesperson Gina Browning described it as the biggest rescue effort involving large animals that her agency had conducted in recent memory.
But perhaps just as startling as the sheer number of animals involved was the response, particularly of other horsemen, to the SPCA's call for help in removing and transporting the horses to a safe location where they are now housed under veterinary supervision.
A veterinarian at the scene said the horses should survive, but noted that most were "a couple hundred pounds" underweight, and that their coats were matted with feces from not having been out of their stables for perhaps months or longer.
Charges are pending against the owner of the animals whom Browning describes as having been cooperative with investigators.
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