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Not slacking multitasking
I think one has to be realistic about this entire situation that the entire priority is the welfare of the horses concerned.
The gentleman concerned is 80 years old and at that age he would find it difficult to look after and manage just one horse properly let alone the herd he appears to have. He is 68, the land owner is 80Just to poo pick his fields would take at least a days work for one person and at his age it would be an impossible task.
Unfortunately there are people out there that collect animals and it is clearly a mental condition which needs to be diagnosed and named so that legislation can be put in place. One finds that with some of the studs the owners do not know when to run them down and just continue without the ability to look after the animals any more.
One must also remember that his knowledge (if he had any) of equine management and veterinary care would be well outdated so he would have no concept of worming etc.
In Australia there is legislation which prevents people from owning more that a specified number of animals without a licence and regular audits and I would suggest that this is what is needed here.
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