Dead Horse On Road How Tragic

December 27, 2007

Dear Editor

Dead horse on road how tragic

On Christmas day I was travelling along the junction turnoff from DSL into the four way lane on the East Bank to visit a friend where I noticed a dead horse alongside the grass.

It was a touching and emotional sight as I have never in my entire life seen how a beautiful horse, obviously a well kept working horse, that has a owner can be dead and forgotten without the slightest respect or compassion for this creature. How can the owner or persons walking by not sound an alarm to have him pulled off the side of the road.

What sadden and distressed me even more was that three quarters of his body was on the grass but his head was directly on the road and vehicles were speeding by just merely swerving to avoid cementing his head to the road.

How disturbing, how troubling that people living in the vicinity can look out their windows and surroundings and see a once living creature just lying dead and his dead soul praying for his body to be removed from crushing.

I ask myself, was this not Christmas day, a day of compassion, the footprints of Jesus humility left for humanity to follow without shame or disgrace.

I cannot toot my own horn and not feel guilty for not stopping to render assistance and for a long time it will rest heavily on my heart that I fell short as an animal advocate to help my four legged friend.

With deep sorrows to this unfortunate horse however manner he died and left lying on the road corner is a grim reality that animals throughout our nation suffer and struggle to cope with the hazards of unsafe roads having no secure environment of their own.

To the thousands of overseas Guyanese visiting our homeland and witnessing a culture of street animals that have procreated over and over is the result of abandonment by long ago owners that have migrated.

My message to everyone with a higher moral discipline that have achieved living in developed countries is to input your initiatives on animal welfare and protection, and curbing street over population to the Guyana authorities.

Here are some initiatives to expand and build on. Encourage people to fence in their yards to contain and enclose their dogs. Spay and neuter your pets to prevent straying new born. Vacant plots of lands with barriers can be utilized as sanctuaries to keep cows, horses, pigs, etc off the streets. Provide any type of shelter to control and oversee your animals. Please help the voiceless.

Sincerely
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate