TERREBONNE, OR -- The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office worked through the day, Sunday, to remove 83 horses from a Terrebonne property. They say the animals are suffering from severe hoof neglect. The large-scale seizure operation was undertaken with help from neighbors and others in the community who volunteered vehicles and horse trailers to transport the horses to the Sheriff’s office Rescue Ranch in Bend.
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MONDAY P.M. UPDATE: The Sheriff's Office released more details late Monday, of the weekend operation. Deschutes County deputies first responded Saturday to a report of a horse with an eye injury and hoof neglect, at a property on Smith Rock Way. When deputies contacted the property owner, they determined there was a large number of horses suffered from mild to severe neglect; the following day, they removed 83 horses. Two others had to be euthanized.