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PA Anti-Cruelty Law

Title 18, Section 5511

Henneke Body Scoring Condition Chart

 The Henneke Body Scoring Chart is accepted in court as a scientific method of scoring a horse's body condition. It is used successfully in court to prove neglect. The Henneke Body Scoring Chart is accepted in court as a scientific method of scoring a horse's body condition. It is used successfully in court to prove neglect.



Horse Cruelty Cases


Lancaster County Repeat Offender
Riccobono Cruelty Cases

Horse Cruelty at Auctions


Successful Enforcement
PA State Police arrest horse dealer PA horse auction
PA State Police arrest horse dealer at PA horse auction
PA State Police Enforce

PA Cruelty Law at New Holland, PA Auction

 Young draft gelding shipped from NC displays injured left hind leg. A PA equine vet determined that there was no fixing this horse's injured leg. He was humanely euthanised.
Young draft gelding shipped from NC displays injured left hind leg. A PA equine vet determined that there was no fixing this horse's injured leg. He was humanely euthanised.

No Enforcement
 Down and bleeding inside a trailer with Maine license plates at a New Holland, PA auction. Reportedly the horse later died. No charges were ever filed. Blood was pooling on the ground under and outside the trailer.
Down and bleeding inside a trailer with Maine license plates at a New Holland, PA auction. Reportedly the horse later died. No charges were ever filed. Blood was pooling on the ground under and outside the trailer.
The Downer Hall of Shame

Down Belgian was down all day at a PA horse auction. Several bystanders attempted to get the horse to rise. A vet was never called...

Down Belgian was down all day at a PA horse auction. Several bystanders attempted to get the horse to rise. A vet was never called...

The Labor Day Mares

Severely foundered mare's face reveals the pain she is experiencing. Mare was found down on a truck at a New Holland auction. Blood oozed from her coronary bands. Severely foundered mare's face reveals the pain she is feeling. Mare was found down on a truck at a New Holland auction. Blood oozed from her coronary bands.

A Mule & 2 Standardbreds-

All Had Broken Legs & were Hidden on A Trailer

No Water
Water tank is empty, even though the faucets work.
W
ater tank is empty, even though the faucets work..
The Horse the Killers Refused
& the vet passed.

Unfit Horses Sold at Auction

PSPCA allows sale - NHPD files charges, owner pleads guilty.


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Did You Know?
"Only ignorance! only ignorance! how can you talk about only ignorance? Don't you know that it is the worst thing in the world, next to wickedness? - and which does the most mischief, heaven only knows. If people can say, "Oh! I did not mean any harm", they think it is alright."....
John in Black Beauty by Anna Sewell published in 1877

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The Labor Day Mares

The expression on this mare's face tells the entire story. She is in excruciating pain.

This mare was found down on a trailer belonging to a New Jersey "killer buyer" on Labor Day 1995. She was wearing a hip tag from a Friday sale. After kicking and beating her she rose to her feet. The "killer buyer" stated to the cruelty agent from the Large Animal Protection Society, LAPS,

"She's standing now"

Notice the classic foundered stance with her hind legs drawn up underneath her body in a futile attempt to take weight off her painful front hooves.

Severley foundered mare stands with her hind feet forward under her body in an attempt to shift weight off of her painful front hooves.

When she started to walk, blood started oozing from her coronary band. A veterinarian called to the auction euthanised the mare. She had sores on her body and a full udder.

Notice the blood oozing from her coronary bands.

This mare was found down in the killer pens on Labor Day 1996. Her owner had her dropped off on the Thursday before the sale. He hoped to get $25 for her.

Notice how this mare has her feet spread apart, she is swaying due to the pain that she is in. Notice her full udder and her untrimmed feet.

A veterinarian called to the auction by the Humane League of Lancaster Countyeuthanised this severely foundered mare.

When forced to her feet, this mare was swaying the pain was so great.

Her udder was also full, kept around till her foal could be weaned.


Another foundered mare was not so lucky that day. Down in the kill pens, she was stepped on many times. When the veterinarian saw her, she was standing, so he allowed her to make "the trip"


"Founder is a very painful condition. . . one of the most painful things a horse has to go through,"

Dr Margaret Mullin DVM
This same day a live animal was found on the dead pile.

The veterinarian euthanised the dying animal.


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