NORTHFIELD — Police working with a licensed veterinarian, and a representative from the N.H. Department of Agriculture removed four horses from a property at 85 Zion Hill Road yesterday.
Police said they went to the farm after getting a complaint on April 25 and found four horses that were in need of veterinary care. All four had extraordinary long hooves and were in a barn filled with feces.
"Some of the horses looked like they had duck feet," he said.
They also said the barn was unsound.
The four horses were taken yesterday to the Live and Let Live Farm for care and boarding.
Police Sgt. Mike Hutchinson said it appears to be a case where the four horses that were removed had been being boarded on the property but the owners were not providing for their upkeep. He said the man who owns the property was trying to keep up with their maintenance but was unable to do so.
Hutchinson said six other horses that belonged to others remained on the farm and can stay there as long as they remain in the pasture. He said the building inspector will be working with the property owner to make the barn safe.
Police said the owners of the four horses that were removed yesterday have been identified and the case is still under investigation.
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