No charges laid in horse’s death

B.C. SPCA concludes investigation into allegations of abuse of a horse in Keremeos

An B.C. SPCA investigation into allegations of abuse of a horse in Keremeos earlier this month has resulted in no charges filed.

On June 6, B.C. SPCA constables were alerted to allegations that a horse may have been beaten. The RCMP had also been contacted and an officer euthanized the horse.

ā€œWe had the horse exhumed and shipped to Abbotsford to have a necropsy performed and our constables completed interviews with all of the individuals that have indicated some type of involvement,ā€ said Marcie Moriarty, general manager of cruelty investigations with the B.C. SPCA. ā€œThere was insufficient evidence to suggest that the horse had been mistreated prior to the RCMP providing a humane death for the horse.ā€

Moriarty said the individual who made the initial complaint had not actually witnessed anything.

She said the horse had flipped a few hours prior to being euthanized by RCMP, and it was inconclusive what had caused the horse to then seize up and collapse.

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