After two of his horses were found dead in their pasture Wednesday morning, James Frady is more than angry. The Dana resident said he is wondering how he will explain the brutal incident to neighborhood children.
Two of Frady's horses were found lying in a pasture on Union Hill Church Road after bleeding to death from throat wounds. The horses, both Tennessee Walkers, were valued at about $8,000, Frady said.
Children waiting to catch the school bus in the morning would pet and give treats to the horses, a mare named Dolly and a gelding named Hawk, Frady said. Dolly, who was expected to give birth to a foal in May, occasionally was taken to birthday parties to give rides, he said.
"They're more than just a horse to us," Frady said. "They're a part of the family."
A school bus driver noticed the horses lying the pasture off of Sugarloaf Road Wednesday morning and called Frady's neighbor, who then phoned him, Frady said.
The horses were killed sometime between 9 p.m. Tuesday night and 7 a.m. Wednesday morning, said Henderson County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Randy Stepp.
Their bodies were found about 200 yards apart, Hawk by near the fence by the roadside and Dolly by a feeding shed, Frady said.
The animals lost a large amount of blood before dying, Stepp said.
"They did some suffering," he said. "We found quite a bit of blood throughout the pasture in numerous places."
The horses were sent to a diagnostic lab for autopsies, Stepp said. Results, which should determine the cause of death, are expected to return today, he said.
Frady owns five other horses, all of which were in another pasture when Hawk and Dolly died, he said.
Their deaths are not the first in that pasture, Frady said. A Belgian horse died in April in the same pasture after being stabbed in the throat, he said. No one was arrested in connection with the incident.
Wednesday's incident might be related because Hawk and Dolly died from similar wounds, Frady said.
"It probably took them an hour or more to die," he said. "They didn't kill them, they slaughtered them."
Anyone arrested in connection with the deaths will face felony animal cruelty charges, Stepp said.
Anyone with information about the incident should call Crimestoppers at 697-STOP or the Sheriff's Department at 697-4911. Crimestoppers is offering a $2,000 reward for information leading to an arrest, Stepp said.
this happened not far from where I live, in the county where I used to live.
Two of Frady's horses were found lying in a pasture on Union Hill Church Road after bleeding to death from throat wounds. The horses, both Tennessee Walkers, were valued at about $8,000, Frady said.
Children waiting to catch the school bus in the morning would pet and give treats to the horses, a mare named Dolly and a gelding named Hawk, Frady said. Dolly, who was expected to give birth to a foal in May, occasionally was taken to birthday parties to give rides, he said.
"They're more than just a horse to us," Frady said. "They're a part of the family."
A school bus driver noticed the horses lying the pasture off of Sugarloaf Road Wednesday morning and called Frady's neighbor, who then phoned him, Frady said.
The horses were killed sometime between 9 p.m. Tuesday night and 7 a.m. Wednesday morning, said Henderson County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Randy Stepp.
Their bodies were found about 200 yards apart, Hawk by near the fence by the roadside and Dolly by a feeding shed, Frady said.
The animals lost a large amount of blood before dying, Stepp said.
"They did some suffering," he said. "We found quite a bit of blood throughout the pasture in numerous places."
The horses were sent to a diagnostic lab for autopsies, Stepp said. Results, which should determine the cause of death, are expected to return today, he said.
Frady owns five other horses, all of which were in another pasture when Hawk and Dolly died, he said.
Their deaths are not the first in that pasture, Frady said. A Belgian horse died in April in the same pasture after being stabbed in the throat, he said. No one was arrested in connection with the incident.
Wednesday's incident might be related because Hawk and Dolly died from similar wounds, Frady said.
"It probably took them an hour or more to die," he said. "They didn't kill them, they slaughtered them."
Anyone arrested in connection with the deaths will face felony animal cruelty charges, Stepp said.
Anyone with information about the incident should call Crimestoppers at 697-STOP or the Sheriff's Department at 697-4911. Crimestoppers is offering a $2,000 reward for information leading to an arrest, Stepp said.
this happened not far from where I live, in the county where I used to live.