2 Malnourished Horses Seized From Splendora Home

SPLENDORA, TX — The ghoulish sight of two starving horses abandoned and all alone led to a call for help to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies pulled up to the 15600 block of W. Relza on Wednesday and found two horses in pretty bad shape. Officials with the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals were called to the area, but it was already too late for one of the animals.

One of the horses was in such poor condition that it collapsed on the ground and died before animal cruelty officials arrived.

Deputies served a seizure warrant and removed both horses from the property. The living horse was transferred to the care of SPCA, who will evaluate the animal’s physical condition.

Officials plan to perform a necropsy on the dead horse to determine why it was in such poor condition.

Officials plan to pursue animal cruelty charges against the owner, officials said,

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