Horses Seized From Connecticut Breeders

More than 30 horses are receiving rehabilitative care after they were seized from a breeding operation by the Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CDA).

Steve Jensen, CDA spokesman, said that in September 2015, an East Hampton, Connecticut. animal control officer responded to a complaint from an owner who had leased four horses to Thomas and Melanie Olajos, who bred Frisian, Andalusian, and Gypsy Vanner horses at Fairy Trail Equine Facility. According to the complainant, the horses were all emaciated when she retrieved them, Jensen said. An attending veterinarian later diagnosed those horses with malnutrition and parasite infestation, he said.

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