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Suspected Stabbing of Sandy Spring Horses
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A local newspaper, the Gazette, has reported that two horses in Sandy Spring, Maryland, were apparently stabbed the night of July 14, 2001, which left a 3-year old fatally wounded and its 30-year old dam seriously injured.
According to the owner, Vanessa Swartz, she had been turning the horses out at night in an effort to provide some relief from the flies. The morning of July 15, however, she discovered the young Holsteiner gelding with a deep puncture wound in his left flank and with a portion of his small intestine protruding from the gash. The young horse later died while on the operating table. The older mare is recovering from her eight-inch deep cut to the right flank.
Though Swartz initially believed the three-year old’s injury to be a puncture wound, she was unable to locate a source. Moreover, according to police, the veterinarian was unable to identify any wood or similar evidence that would suggest the horse had impaled himself upon a protruding or broken tree limb or piece of fence. With the discovery of the same type of injury to the other horse, there was greater indication that the animals had been victims of a violent attack.
The Montgomery County Park Police horses are stabled just across the road, and the Park Police are working closely with Swartz to protect the other horses and to identify the perpetrators. While they hope this is an isolated incident, there is a $4,500 reward for information that would lead to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the crime.
MDhorse.com will provide updates as the information becomes available. If you have any information regarding this case, please contact the Montgomery County Police Department’s Animal Control Division at 301-279-1066 and reference case A01-102626.
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