One of Coby van Baalen's broodmares has been severely mutilated by an unidentified person who snuck into the stable of a brood farm near Hedel, The Netherlands, on Wednesday night 27 January 2016. The person cut the mare open from her genitals to her udder.
Upon discovery the pregnant mare had to be immediately put down by the veterinarian. This surrogate mare, which was carrying a foal by Don Deluxe out of Farzana (by Ampere), lost the foal she was supposed to deliver in April.
Van Baalen keeps several of her broodmares at the Hedel farm were broodmares are stables and youngsters reared.
"This is horrible," said Van Baalen. "I've heard the stories about mutilations of broodmares taking place in The Netherlands. I can not comprehend how human hands can do such a thing. The mare was cut open from her vulva to her udder. She was so mutilated that we had to put her out of her suffering straight away. She lost her foal."
Several horse mutilators are wandering around Germany, Belgium and Holland and have already abused, mutilaled and murdered numerous foals, mares and horses. Two years ago German horse dealer Ullrich Kasselmann discovered five mutilated horses at Gestut Osterhoff, where he rears his youngsters.
In The Netherlands, Henk ten Napel started a petition to make it a priority for the police to find the culprits of this horse abuse. You can sign the petition here.
Related Link
Pferdeschänder auf Gestüt Osthoff (in German)