FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. (KY3) – Fourteen horses were killed or euthanized after a tractor-trailer rolled over last month on Interstate 44 in Franklin County, Missouri.
Fifteen horses are recovering after surviving the crash. According to the Humane Society of Missouri, the horses were being transported to slaughter prior to the crash.
Longmeadow Rescue Ranch in Union, Missouri, has secured ownership of the surviving horses involved in the tragic tractor-trailer. Eleven came directly to Longmeadow to recover, while four received intensive care at a local veterinary hospital.
“The remaining 14 horses face a long recovery. Many have deep skin and leg abrasions and lacerations, lip and chin ulcerations and head and eye traumas that are infected, painful and slow to heal. In addition, many have past maladies like poorly healed broken bones, infections and malnutrition that need to be addressed,” says the Humane Society of Missouri in an update Saturday
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