Why do people mistreat them

I can't even watch that show anymore, it makes me so sick and so angry to see what things people can do to animals. Like many here, I am a horse lover. I've read that it takes a long time for a horse to get to the point of starvation that some get to on Animal Cops. Chronic, long-term neglect. I'd love to operate a horse rescue one day where neglected, abused or unwanted horses (and other animals too, for that matter) could come to be rehabilitated and adopted out to loving, qualified families.

I am also an animal lover. I have numerous dogs and cats that were dumped out as babies. The youngest one I have right now is a kitten that is about a month old. I have had him for about two weeks now, raising him on a bottle. When he is old enough, he will have a visit to the vet to be neutered and live the rest of his life here with me and the rest of my "family". I train horses and own several thoroughbreds. I have noticed that way too many people treat animals as a possession, never taking into consideration that animals have feelings just like people. They express joy, hunger, pain, sorrow, grief etc., all the same emotions as people. One of my horses lost his best friend and grieved for months. He actually had tears running down his face for days after his friend passed away. Many people think of animals as being dumb and treat them as such. I think that every person who has starved or abused an animal should have to go through the same treatment that they put that animal through.

I feel exactly the same. I've wanted a horse since I was about 3. I love to ride, and do so as often as I can. But I know I do not have the space or the resources to house & care for one, so it stays on the maybe someday list.

Hi I always watched that show but I can`t watch anymore it upsets me to much \. I love horses and my husband and I horse sit when people want to go on vacation or have business out of town and we just love it.

I watch Animal Planet all the time, I like Animal Cops, I don't know why people abuse and mistreat animals, they get them and can't afford to keep them and instead of giving them up they let them suffer, Places like Houston, Dallas, Detroit, the ones on the show, are taking action and I am happy to see this. I wish I could foster animals, but we don't have that here where I live.

i just love horses! i haven't owned one, they're very costly, but ever since reading "black beauty", i kind of grow a fascination and sympathy for these often mistreated, highly intelligent animals. i read that horses are very sensitive and intelligent creatures, they can tell what kind of person you are by the way you touch them. they can easily tell if you're mean or kind. i believe horses can be man's best friend. the closeness between horse and rider is incomparable because they feel each other. i can say this not from my own experience, as i haven't actually ridden a horse before, but i sure wish one day, i'd be able to have my very own horse, and friend. that's how people should regard horses, as friends, not commodities, or merely transportation. when i was still a kid, i used to have a pet horse, one that i imagined from the pages of my animal book. i named that horse Trojan. that's the name i'm gonna give to my first real horse in the future. i hope!

It makes me feel so sick to know that there are sick people out there who mistreat animals. It's absolutely disgusting and there is no need for it at all.

I am a horse lover also. My husband and I let this guy we know put one of his horses on our land, then he never came back to feed her or anything. So we adopted her. I just wish we had more land to adopt more horses.

I am not a horse lover but I an an animal lover. People who intentionally hurt animals because they enjoy hurting things or because it makes them feel powerful. Many of these people would hurt other people if they could get away with it. They just choose to hurt animals because animals are more helpless than people.

I never have understood how people can treat animals the way that some do. I live in TN and the cases of horse neglect and abuse here are shocking! A friend of my goes to horse auctions all the time, she has a very large farm and is awesome with her animals. Anyway there is one auction she goes to that she calls the "bad" auction, the shape these horses are in are horrific! She's rescued several from this place, nursed them back to health, kept some and adopted others out. One that she currently has was practically a skeleton, she paid a whole $10 for him. The people tried sending this poor horse to the slaughterhouse but he was so skinny they wouldn't take him. When my friend saw this horse, she said "I am not leaving here without him". The previous owners had actually castrated him by wrestling him to the ground doing it without any medication for the horse and botched the whole thing. He has scars everywhere and was so terrified of people because the only people he had ever been around hurt him. You could see the fear in his eyes. I cried when I first saw him. But good news, he has now gained weight, is starting to trust people and they have halter broke him! I've got the land for horses, just not the extra $ right now, but when I do I am hoping to do the same thing as my friend.