Driving down a quiet country road near Dundalk, Ontario last summer, on her way to purchase some water troughs for her horse rescue operation, Laura McArthur spotted a horse lying down in a field. She kept driving at first, but a nagging feeling made her turn around and go back. What she discovered was both shocking and sickening.
Laura saw that the horse, a giant Percheron cross, was struggling to get up while a dog bit and chewed away at his back end and soft underbelly, literally eating his flesh. She sprang into action, hopping the fence and yelling at the dog. But the dog came at her, so she retreated.
In disbelief, Laura ran to the farm house and banged on the door. A Mennonite woman answered, surprised to see Laura so upset. “I told her what was going on in her field, and she said she knew the horse was down, and that the dog belonged to her family,” said Laura.