Palm Beach Gardens Rescue Wants Answers After 2 Horses Stolen, Slaughtered in Miami

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The latest on the investigation tonight. The folks here at rescue life in palm beach gardens have dozens and dozens of animals. They’ve got miniature horses, zebras. They have alpaca, llamas, geese, swan and 14 horses. And even when one of these animals gets adopted out, they tell me they always remain a member of the family.

And this past weekend, a member of the family was abducted and slaughtered in Miami. This is Roo. She was a racehorse. Meg Weinberger loves her animals. She cares for them like they’re her children. And that includes a horse named war on the home front who came to rescue life in palm beach gardens six years ago. He will have great personal. He was very sweet and goofy and. And loving. The folks here, we have the war on the home front for about nine months and then a family in miami adopted him saturday afternoon. That family called meg to let her know war on the home front. And another of their horses had been stolen. Meg immediately headed south to help search. So part of the family. You know, he’s he’s he’s still part of the fiber of our our rescue, our hearts. The search was not successful. Meg returned home only to get a call. The next morning. The horses have been found a short distance from their home. The horses were slaughtered. Sometime over the weekend, investigator believe the thieves stole the horses for their meat. It’s just barbaric. I’m sorry. They eat them for the horses they sell their meat. This is the same thing as going into somebody’s yard, taking their dog and cooking it. So now the search is on for whoever is responsible. Meg says she hopes they’re found quickly so they can’t do this again. It’s absolutely barbaric. It’s heartless, it’s makes you question humanity. And again, all the animals here at rescue life are considered to be members of the family. Hi. If you have any information about what happened down in miami, there’s a $50,000 reward available. So if you have any information, please call the Miami Police …