Return Inspection of Horse Owner Finds Dead Horses

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CANYON COUNTY — A horse owner was cited Friday after law enforcement and agriculture officials found two carcasses and several animals in poor health during a return inspection in the area of Deer Flat and Map Rock Roads.

According to investigators, the owner previously had been given 30 days to improve the health of about 30 horses on the property.

The return inspection not only revealed the carcasses, but 11 horses that rated between 2.25 and 4 on a health scale of 1 to 9, with 1 indicating poorest health.

Canyon County Sheriff’s Office Animal Control and the Idaho Department of Agriculture will return in 30 days to re-evaluate the animals for weight gain and overall health. The owner was cited for failure to properly dispose of the carcasses and was given 72 hours to have them removed.

I think my head just exploded. Let's see if I got this right. This...person was reported for animal cruelty and given thirty days to clean up her act. Now the thirty days are up and you guys come back and find not only horses in poor health (is this an improvement from before??), but DEAD HORSES. How did they die?? Were they euthanized and she just left them there or did they starve or die from some kind of painful illness? And in response instead of arresting the person and rescuing the horses, you give her another thirty days??? Um...NO. One warning is enough here.

Someone come explain this to me 'cause I'm never going to get it.