LAKELAND, Fla (WFLA) — The founders of a Tampa Bay horse farm are reacting to animal cruelty cases, in which some of the horses were sent to them for rehabilitation.
Erika Gilbert with Grune Heidi Farms in Lakeland said horses eat 24/7, so it upsets them to hear stories of people purposely starving horses. Gilbert showed 8 On Your Side the rescued horses at the farm. She said they rehabilitate 30 to 35 horses a year.
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“This one we just rescued,” Gilbert said. “There’s no meat. There’s no flesh. Ribs are definitely prominent. You can see his bones and that’s, that’s not good.”
She said to nourish them back to health, it takes a lot of money, and high-quality food. Though she said the work it is worth it, especially when they see some of the worst cases of malnourished horses…