Dawn Gilbert found the horse standing on a hill with blood gushing from its neck and right hind leg.
“When she was standing there, it looked like her foot was about to fall off,” Gilbert said. “And when she would walk, it would flop, flop, flop and squirt blood,” The mare, named Candy, is one of several horses Gilbert boards at her Gaston County stables.
Police aren’t sure who attacked the animal. A Gastonia man, who was named on GastonGazette.com following his arrest, was charged with felony animal cruelty Tuesday in the July 27 stabbing, but District Attorney Locke Bell dismissed the charge Wednesday after meeting with the investigating detective.
“Someone injured the horse. Who that might be, at this point, is difficult to say,” said Capt. Joe Ramey of the Gaston County Police Department. “We know that the horse was injured.”
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