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From: breathe on 26 Jul 2008 20:28
On Jul 26, 2:00 pm, Bill Shroyer <BillShro...(a)Pittsburgh.com> wrote:
> I don't know if this already made the rounds here or not, but a woman
> at work is really interested in this story & brought it to my
> attention. Thought others here would be interested.
>
> Kahlua was a blind horse of the breed known as "Pony of the Americas".
> He carried children on his back & was said to be a friendly animal.
> Authorities believe someone on an ATV dragged him to death,
> descriptions of the scene of his mangled remains are quite gory &
> sickening.
>
> Here is the story originally published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
> in May 2008:
>
> http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08124/878786-85.stm
>
> Reward offered in shocking death of blind Mercer pony
> Saturday, May 03, 2008
> By Linda Wilson Fuoco, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
> Kahlua was a sweet pony who gently carried children on his back and
> was always the first equine in his pasture to trot up to and greet
> visitors. His friendliness was all the more touching -- and unexpected
> -- because he was blind.
>
> The trusting nature of the 10-year-old gelding, and his blindness,
> undoubtedly played a role in his torture and death. Owner Tory Morgan
> found his mangled body in her Shenango Township, Mercer County,
> pasture on Wednesday afternoon. Investigators think he was roped and
> dragged behind an ATV.
>
> Both of Kahlua's back legs were broken. Large pieces of skin had been
> ripped away from his legs, chest and belly.
>
> "There were enormous [bruises]" all over his body, especially on his
> withers, where another bone may have been broken," said Ms. Morgan,
> who is a trained veterinary technician. "There were rope burns that
> went down to the bone. Severe swelling indicates he was alive when
> those injuries happened. He died a slow and torturous death."
>
> Renee Dorogy, humane agent for the Humane Society of Mercer County,
> said, "there are tire tracks in the pasture, we think from an ATV."
> The shelter has put up a $500 reward for information leading to an
> arrest, and donations were coming in yesterday to up the reward ante.
>
> Four young horses shared the pasture with Kahlua -- three Arabians and
> a National Show Horse, which is a breed derived from crossing Arabians
> with American Saddlebred horses. Those four were not injured, though
> they have some cuts and scratches. Ms. Morgan thinks they spooked and
> ran away from whoever brought a vehicle into the pasture.
>
> "But Kahlua was blind," Ms. Dorogy said. "He wouldn't have seen what
> was coming. And he was very sweet. He always went up to people."
>
> Kahlua is a breed known as POA -- Pony of the Americas.
>
> "In the summertime I have 5-20 kids here every day visiting the horses
> and Kahlua. I teach them about horse care and they ride. Kahlua was
> the safe one" that any child could ride.
>
> "There are many angry people around here," Ms. Morgan said. "My mother
> is physically ill because of this. My 14-year-old son is just numb.
> How can you explain something like this?"
>

What an inhumane, brutal and sadistic act, yet odds are high that it
will go unpunished. There are alot of psychotic uneducated violent
anti-social monsters roaming this planet, who take pleasure in
inflicting pain and suffering on the defenseless and upon the weak. It
is the other side of greed and success, since for them anything is
better than facing the dead emotions that are inside of them. There is
a way to speak out against such atrocities. Go vegan. Do it today.
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