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Pryor offers temporary ho -- Thursday May 17th, 2007
by: CLIFTON ADCOCK World Staff Writer
5/17/2007
The 22 horses were taken from a Bixby pair who are charged with cruelty to animals.
A 178-acre ranch that was donated to the city of Pryor will be the temporary home of the 22 surviving horses that were taken from a Bixby couple last week.
The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office transported the animals to the land Wednesday after reaching an agreement with Pryor officials that will let them be kept there until the case against their owners is concluded.
The owners, Darrell Leon Christian and Roberta Christian, both 55, were arrested May 9 and charged Tuesday with 24 felony counts of cruelty to animals. They remained in the Tulsa Jail on Wednesday with bail set at $96,000 each.
Twenty-four horses were found on the Christians' property in the 16400 block of South 145th East Avenue. Several were confined with no feed or water, and four had been standing in pens in a mixture of water, feces and urine for about 10 days, Deputy David Long said.
Deputies had to dig two stabled horses out of about three feet of manure and old hay that had piled up during the several months they had been there, Long said. Two of the horses had to be euthanized.
A witness said Roberta Christian had told him she didn't have money to feed or care for the horses, court records show.
When people heard about the horses' plight, Long said, "we had an outpouring of people wanting to help."
The horses have been kept at the Collinsville Livestock Sales stockyards since they were seized. The agreement with the city of Pryor will keep all of them together, Long said.
"Rather than having them spread out all over the county, . . . we could have them all in one spot," he said. "It's a perfect fit for them. It's a great place."
The land was donated to Pryor by rancher Tom Giles and eventually will be home to an animal shelter and clinic and possibly a farm for the local 4-H and Future Farmers of America clubs, Mayor Jimmy Tramel said.
It has pastures with a multitude of grasses, a barn, four corrals, two ponds and a creek. The horses are the first animals to stay on the land since it was donated two years ago, he said.
When they arrived, "all of them looked good except one that looked kind of poorly," Tramel said. "But I'll tell you, they won't look poorly after being here."
Giles said the horses were "kicking up their heels like they were glad to be there."
The horses will be cared for by Josh Blair, a junior at Oklahoma State University who is majoring in agricultural education, with the assistance of the Pryor Animal League.
Tulsa County officials will check on them several times a week and will provide feed.
"We saw the need and knew we had that pasture," Tramel said. "We're that type of community. We're here to help. It's a win-win for the horses, the Sheriff's Department and the city of Pryor."
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