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10 HOOF PRINT October 1996 1 returned on August 1, it was clear to them that horses conditions had worsened spurring them to get the warrants based on findings from the July inspection, McDonough said. The sight shocked McDonough, an TNT HORSE EQUIPM eighteen-year state police veteran and investigator for the last decade. Because of her private role for the past five years as president of the New York State Hu mane Association, she is called in on many Capital District animal cruelty Ortho-Flex Saddles and Neoprene Accessories The Only Saddle In History That Moves With The Horse! Saddles Currently In Stock: .16" Brazos, New .16" Baron, New (3 in stock) .16" Form Fitter, New .16" Express Lite, New .16" Traditional, Used .16" Traditional Boar Hide, Used .16 12" Stitchdown, Used .14" Traditional, Used cases. So deep was the muck in the stall that it took a half-dozen officers to extricate one horse that had become stuck, McDonough recalled, speculating it had become too weak from malnutrition to leave the horrified at what they discovered. Their horror then gave way to anger.

There they were, nineteen Thoroughbred horses, emaciated from malnutrition. Some stood, feebly, while others huddled in a small, single stall that was knee-deep in a mix of mud, urine, and feces. Many were suffering from lice and rain scald, a skin infection allegedly caused by Gaida's not providing the Thoroughbredswhich have delicate skin with adequate shelter. Bite wounds also covered many of the animals' bodies, evidence of the fights sparked by the overcrowded conditions in the pen. Seventeen horses were suffering from advanced malnutrition.

Two others, a stallion and a weanling, also appeared undernourished. Sickened by what they had witnessed, McDonough and Guyer returned August 5 with troopers from the Guilderland, NY, barracks, search and arrest warrants in hand. Gaida, who is an area horse trainer, had already been warned in mid-July to take better care of her horses, after state police received a complaint from a neighbor. At the time, Gaida, whom officials believe owns five other Thoroughbreds that raced at Saratoga this summer, denied she was mistreating the animals, claiming instead that she was trying to get them to 'eat more and gain weight. But when McDonough and Guyer This means that a person who earns $2,500 of gross income or more from the boarding of horses now qualifies for a Farmer Tax Exemption Permit, which allows farmers to purchase "tangible personal property used exclusively in agricultural production without paying the state's sales tax." "This new interpretation will not only benefit horse-boarding businesses and the horse owners, but it will also lessen the paperwork of other Connecticut farmers who supply hay and feed to the boarding operations," said Welz.

For more information, contact the Deparment of Revenue Services at (800) 382-9463 (within Connecticut) and request publications IP IP PS Form REG-8, and Form REG-1; or call the Connecticut Farm Bureau at (860)683-1922. Thoroughbred ownerrace trainer arrested for cruelty By Tom Murnane Reprinted with permission from the Colonie Spotlight, August 13-19, 1996 LATHAM, NY Soon after veteran State Police Investigator Susan McDon-ough and Mohawk-Hudson Humane Society Officer Robert Guyer arrived at Marie Gaida's horse farm at 1133 New Loudon Road in Latham, they were pen on its own. If we don't have it in stock, place your order now! "They were in such terrible condition, you could see every bone in their bodies," she said. "I just wanted to get these horses away from Gaida and to good facilities where they would be taken care of. The important thing is that they were rescued, and now it's up to the courts to decide Accessories: Western Girths, size 22" to 38" English Gerths, size 22" to 58" and English Neoprene Breast Collars Cruppers Breast Collars and Roper Girths VISAMC We ship UPS everywhere what to do with her." Guilderland State Police, whose terri tory includes Latham, arrested Gaida on an unclassified misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty, but she could face additional counts for each horse, Mc -Dealer Inquiries Welcome- Donough said.

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