Horse neglect Norman, OK (US) Incident Date: Monday, Jul 31, 2006 County: Cleveland Local Map: available Disposition: Convicted Abusers/Suspects: » Ann Overland » Lacie Dawn Overland Case Updates: 1 update(s) available

Case ID: 10232 Classification: Neglect / Abandonment Animal: horse View more cases in OK (US) Login to Watch this Case

Three horses seized in August as a result of an animal cruelty investigation have been nursed back to health and will be sold at on the morning of Dec 5, along with two additional horses recently found at large.

The sale will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Norman Animal Welfare Center, 3428 S. Jenkins Ave. (south of State Highway 9). All of the animals have current negative Coggins tests and can be viewed by prospective buyers beginning at 10 a.m., animal welfare officials said.

Felony animal cruelty charges were filed in October against a Norman mother and daughter for allegedly starving three horses in their care.

Ann Overland, 45, and Lacie Dawn Overland, 19, are accused of keeping the malnourished horses in a pen behind the mother's home in the 5700 block of North Floyd Drive.

The seized horses, although emaciated, have each gained 200 to 300 pounds during their stay with Animal Welfare, and are now ready for new homes, officials said.

The horses include a two-and-a-half-year-old paint stallion, a one-and-a-half-year-old paint mare, and a 12-year-old Appaloosa gelding. The horses are gentle and are halter and trailer broken. It may be possible for a new owner to obtain registration papers for them, officials said.

The other two horses, neither of which showed signs of malnutrition or other health problems, were found running loose, and no owners have come forward or been identified to date, police said. Those horses are a 6-year-old sorrel stallion and a sorrel mare, possibly pregnant, about 20 years old, officials said.

Terms are payment in full by cash or check at the time of the sale. Buyers must provide current government issued photo identification and must remove the horses from the center by 5 p.m. on the day after the auction, officials said.

Animal Welfare officers said they were pleased with the conditions of the seized horses and expressed their gratitude to the Oklahoma Equine Hospital of Washington, Okla., with special thanks to Cindy and Leslie for their expert veterinary care, and to the many concerned citizens who donated feed and hay for the horses.

For more information about the auction, call Norman Animal Welfare at 292-9736.

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