Emaciated Miniature Horses Find Home at RVR Horse Rescue
The pint-sized horses were rescued by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and taken to RVR Horse Rescue in Riverview July 3.
On Tuesday afternoon, Spirit, Lily and Sandy were happily munching hay and reveling in the attention they were receiving from volunteers at RVR Horse Rescue in Riverview. It's a far cry from the conditions they faced just two weeks ago when RVR Horse Rescue founder Shawn Jayroe was summoned to a property in Plant City by a local veterinarian who was concerned about the condition of the pint-sized equines. What Jayroe found enraged her. Veterinarian Larry Britt had been called out to the property to euthanize one of the horses that, according to the owner, had fallen off a porch. When he arrived, Britt knew there was more to the story than a mere accident. All of the miniature horses were in varying states of malnutrition and neglect. "Dr. …
