THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT REPORTS A SHILOH CHURCH ROAD MAN WILL BE CHARGED WITH SEVERAL COUNTS OF CRUELTY AFTER SOME HORSES WERE FOUND MALNOURISHED AND IN BAD CONDITION ON A ROCKY RIDGE ROAD FARM SUNDAY MORNING.
THE REPORT SAYS THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER RECEIVED A CALL FROM DANA MANN OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY MONDAY MORNING AROUND 8:30 ABOUT SOME HORSES THAT WERE SEEN OVER THE WEEKEND ON A ROCKY RIDGE ROAD FARM WITH NO FOOD. IT’S REPORTED A DEAD HORSE WAS FOUND ON THE FARM WHERE SEVEN OTHER HORSES WERE OBSERVED WITH NO FOOD OR WATER IN A FENCED IN FIELD. A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY SAYS A FEMALE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND STATED THAT HER BROTHER, 56-YEAR OLD GREG OATTS OF 9000 SHILOH CHURCH ROAD, HOPKINSVILLE, OWNED THE HORSES.
ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, CADIZ POLICE OFFICER AND VOICES FOR ANIMALS, MATT DOLEZAL, WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE TO REMOVE THE HORSES AND REMOVED FOUR THAT DAY AND THREE THE NEXT DAY. IT’S REPORTED DOLEZAL TRANSPORTED THE HORSES TO HIS STABLES ON PILOT ROCK ROAD AND A SKYLINE ANIMAL HOSPITAL VETERINARIAN WAS CALLED TO EXAMINE THE HORSES.
THE NEWS EDGE TRIED TO CONTACT OFFICER DOLEZAL BUT WAS UNABLE TO REACH HIM.
THE REPORT SAYS TEH SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WILL CHARGE OATTS WITH EIGHT COUNTS OF 2ND DEGREE CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
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