# Going to pick up a starving horse **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pick-up-a-starving-horse/658953 "2013-05-21T18:48:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pick-up-a-starving-horse/658953/1 "2013-05-21T18:48:33Z")
Not for me - [this poor guy](http://fhotd64476.yuku.com/sreply/1920006/Can-we-do-WTF-ad-pictures-again-please#.UZu_o0okcnc) was listed on Craigslist. A group from the Chronicle of the Horse message board got together to bail him out, find a foster and a permanent home and a small trust fund to get him started on his way to recovery. People both suck and are wonderful. StG ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pick-up-a-starving-horse/658953/2 "2013-05-21T18:52:31Z")
Poor baby ☹ Glad people are helping ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pick-up-a-starving-horse/658953/3 "2013-05-21T20:01:29Z")
Good god. I saw that thread on COTH a couple days ago, and as much as that place makes me roll my eyes sometimes, it’s things like this that make me appreciate it. Bless you for helping out. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pick-up-a-starving-horse/658953/4 "2013-05-21T20:22:05Z")
Hugs and brushings for the hoss from me. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pick-up-a-starving-horse/658953/5 "2013-05-21T21:37:26Z")
Oh, poor guy! Thank you so much for helping him out. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pick-up-a-starving-horse/658953/6 "2013-05-22T01:19:11Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a horse that thin. ☹ Good for you for helping, **StGermain.** ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pick-up-a-starving-horse/658953/7 "2013-05-22T01:37:16Z")
Can’t open the picture at work, but I am so glad you are helping him. (((hugs))) to you and the poor horse. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pick-up-a-starving-horse/658953/8 "2013-05-22T01:55:43Z")
Wow, awful picture. Poor thing. I can’t help but wonder if they’re actually paying these idiots $800 to rescue him. Crazy that these people would post this photo like there is nothing wrong here. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pick-up-a-starving-horse/658953/9 "2013-05-22T02:02:27Z")
**Renee** - We paid the hillbilly $300, which is probably 3 times what he would go for to the meat man, only the meat man wouldn’t take a horse that thin. **EmilyG** - Last year that group rescued a horse that was so weak the seller had her in a chain hoist holding her upright. **saje** - COTH frustrates me mightily, but there are some great folks there. StG ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pick-up-a-starving-horse/658953/10 "2013-05-22T02:24:13Z")
Good on you for giving this poor fellow a fighting chance. Hard to believe the previous owners would just blithely post a picture of a horse in that condition. ---
**Author:** ![Noodles\_Fellicini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Noodles\_Fellicini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noodles_Fellicini)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pick-up-a-starving-horse/658953/11 "2013-05-22T02:26:12Z")
You are the wonderful that takes away some of the suck so thank you, **StGermaine** , that poor guy desperately needs some TLC and groceries. I’ll head over the CotH for the details, but the audacity of that guy thinking he should get money instead of jail time amazes me. ---
**Author:** ![Mathematics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@Mathematics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathematics)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pick-up-a-starving-horse/658953/12 "2013-05-22T05:06:07Z")
Is there truly nothing else that could be done? No authority that this could be reported to? Probably not, services for animals are terrible in TN from what I remember. I hope the poor thing will recover. [edit] I just worry that this person could easily do it again if they receive no punishment. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pick-up-a-starving-horse/658953/13 "2013-05-28T13:14:09Z")
How’s this guy doing, St. G? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pick-up-a-starving-horse/658953/14 "2013-05-28T15:14:55Z")
They’re refeeding slowing, but he already looks much improved! he’s getting a slow, steady stream of alfalfa and no grain yet - easing him back into it. He’s being giving small amounts of turnout and is active enough now that he doesn’t really like to be caught, but he’s a sweet boy. StG ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pick-up-a-starving-horse/658953/15 "2013-05-28T15:45:36Z")
So… [You went to see a man about a horse](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_a_man_about_a_dog)?