Starving horses found on lottery winner's ranch

Comment #31

paul762 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:08:39 GMT

I sometimes wonder if im on the right planet ...

Comment #30

Piaceri — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:30:30 GMT

I DID give one away, post divorce. I could not afford him anymore, or the two others. My daughter took one, sold the other to a great forever home with stipulations, and gave the 3rd one away with stipulations. None of the stipulations can be enforced, but the homes were trusted and both horses are still there. The giveaway is living the fat and happy life in a large pasture full of 'throw aways'. It was not easy finding someone trusted to give your horse away, and I nearly euthanized this one b... [ More ]

Comment #29

savagegoose — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:59:00 GMT

if you cant handle them give them away.

Comment #28

Brcebrce — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:29:19 GMT

+1 to the rest of you.

They should get the book thrown at them. Laws on this are not fair considering they might have let a horse starve to death. If you can't handle sell them. Isn't there always a market for them

Comment #27

luckymcshane — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:04:41 GMT

I love amimals, this story is beyond words for me.

what losers

Comment #26

Bigheadnick — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:17:25 GMT

Sickening story... Running out of money (assuming they did) is no excuse for this. They could have easily put them up for adoption instead of letting them die a slow miserable death. And if they were still rich, well that's a whole other level sickening.

Comment #25

weshar75 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:54:07 GMT

I am glad they took the horses to a safe place away from the cruelty. Hopefully the horses will improve and get their health back.-weshar75

Comment #24

Piaceri — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:52:28 GMT

Perfect! Then I'll kick 'em for extra measure. Once for each horse.

Comment #23

rdgrnr — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:45:26 GMT

I say shoot 'em and then puke on 'em.

Comment #22

Piaceri — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:32:33 GMT

Having been involved with horse rescues from this type of situation, I can only say throw them in jail and throw away the key. Do you know what a horse with a score of 1 looks like? It looks like a walking skeleton. If the horse can even walk. There is no excuse on God's green Earth that will justify starving horses. Period.

There are too many rescues out there that will help when you cannot take care of your animals. They are glad to help. If the rescue you call cannot take the horse/s, they... [ More ]

Comment #21

HaveABall — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:24:27 GMT

The article doesn't indicate that either of the lottery jackpot winning Romos are no longer multi-millionaires.

Comment #20

Franky79 — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:18:43 GMT

I wondered what happened to this couple. They don't go into detail, but I assume it didn't end well.

Comment #19

luckyshoes — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:30:43 GMT

Thank goodness someone intervened for the horses .

Comment #18

savagegoose — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:16:38 GMT

heheh i see my post was 10 min after yours., i was prob typing out mine when you posted yours!i do tend to take time over what i write, maybe oneday ill learn to hit spell check to!

i aint forgiving them their poor treatment, but i think i can see ; especially when i hear all the stories about lotto wins gone wrong, how people get into this mess.

they have to remember animals cant fight back, or fend for themselves. it is a responsibility.

so a lotto motto could be

god give me the lu... [ More ]

Comment #17

haymaker — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:28:05 GMT

sav. see above, need to go slow.

Comment #16

haymaker — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:16:29 GMT

yes,could'nt agree more, this just reinforces my notion that if money comes to fast,

then you need to slow down. they should never be permitted to own animals again,of any kind.

philly. eagles quarterback vick is still trying to get court to allow him to have a dog.

no mike, you're lucky you still have a high paying job.

Comment #15

mcginnin56 — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:12:36 GMT

Christ Almighty probably had nothing to do with this. That is why there called morons .

Comment #14

mcginnin56 — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:08:47 GMT

That would be a good start .

Comment #13

savagegoose — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:53:05 GMT

thats what the good ones do, they find a lotto winner, and end up on a tropical island with the money the lotto winner lost.

i actually have sympathy for the lotto winners,... now hear me out. befe you curse me.

they prob are just every day scmoes like you ands me, and winning the lotto is supposed to be the best thing in their lives right?

look at them now! like some one said how the hell they are prob asking the same questions of themselves. 12 horses, why have 12, when you coul... [ More ]

Comment #12

dallascowboyfan — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:50:13 GMT

Comment #11

sully16 — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:32:01 GMT

No excuse for animal abuse.

Comment #10

Cletu$2 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:24:23 GMT

If you pick the wrong finacial advisor and don't pay enough attention how your money is invested,it would be pretty easy to blow through that kind of money.My own personal opinion of financial advisers is most are parastes.If they were any good at their job,they would be retired and living on a south pacific island enjoying the money they made.

Comment #9

Seattlejohn — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:15:00 GMT

What a bunch of morons. Not only for abusing animals that trusted them, but apparently blowing a $40 million lotto jackpot. If we do the math, they probably ended up with $10 million net (after taxes), if they took it in a lump sum. How in the hell do you blow $10 million in 10 years? Christ almighty; that's blowing through a million a year for a decade. I don't think I could spend that much if I tried...

Comment #8

rdgrnr — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:44:51 GMT

I have no tolerance for people who abuse animals. I wish they could starve this guy til his ribs are sticking out as far as those horses' were and then give him 20 years in the slammer to think about it.

Comment #7

RedStang — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:10:20 GMT

The courts need to rewrite animal abuse laws. Take the horses and throw the owners in jail. I see this stuff on animal planet and all it takes is a call to the spca. Vet bills are very expensive, but there's no excuse for starving an animal.

Comment #6

mediabrat — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:56:02 GMT

Stray cats or dogs I can understand, but stray HORSES? The mind, it boggles.

Comment #5

sandia — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:21:35 GMT

He malnourished animals, how sad. If you decide to own animals, for God's sake, care for them. Just like children, they cannot be discarded away. Whoever makes a concious decision to have them, better be ready to handle the responsibility, they are not commodities to be ill treated and discarded at will.

The human race is running amok....

Comment #4

Cletu$2 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:44:28 GMT

I always knew that owning horses was an expensive hobby,but this is ridiculous.Why own them if you aren't going to take care of them

Comment #3

NightStalker — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:43:40 GMT

Sad really . . .

Looks like another lottery winner out of money.

Comment #2

mcginnin56 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:31:32 GMT

These type of animal/pet owners are a DISCRACE to our communities. Like dead beat parents, their pictures should be publicly posted. They should

never be allowed to have any type of animals ever again. period.

Comment #1

rad242 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:04:58 GMT

Please let investigations confirm these were STRAYS as wealthy or not this would be nothing short of an atrocity if it proves to be WILLFUL NEGLIGENCE.

Starving horses found on lottery winner's ranch

Lottery Post — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:54:24 GMT

Eight malnourished horses were found on a 40-acre ranch northeast of Sanger that is owned by a couple who a decade ago won a $40 million California Lottery jackpot.

On Wednesday, Fresno County Sheriff's deputies arrested the owner of the horses, Jose Francisco Romo, 47. He was booked into the Fresno County Jail on felony animal cruelty charges. He was released from jail on a $40,000 bond Wednesday night. Bail was listed at $40,000.

There were 11 horses total, and Romo signed over ownership... [ More ]