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Grandmother of Five posted:i was at a faire and thought that some of the horses and donkeys looked really bad, but i don't know enough about horses to really tell. if a grown horse is skinny enough that its ribs are clearly showing, is that negligent to the point of being animal abuse? not like the above pic, much more visible & on a grown horse. I will risk saying something different here. There is an official body score condition for horses. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henneke_horse_body_condition_scoring_system Scores of three and four are not unusual and not necessarily a sign of abuse. Ribs are visible. My 4 yr old thoroughbred will not go past a 4 no matter how much grain and green grass he has. Our other two horses will stay at a 6 on the same pasture with less feed. Scores of 1 and 2 are signs the horse is not being fed enough.
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