“I am very upset at what happened as I love horses.
“I hope other horse lovers do not have to go through this ordeal,” said the 35-year-old businessman.
He
said the news of his animal's horrific death on Jan 21 had caught the
attention of several animal rights groups including the Malaysian Equine
Council.
He said he decided to house
Siti, a pony breed at the Sungai Ramal Dalam stables on Jan 15 after it
was given to him by a friend.
“I was so glad when a friend offered his pony recently as he could no longer care for it.
“I sent Siti to the stables for a two-week rehabilitation but was shocked to learn of her death six days later.”
Fortunately, Mohd Nor said Siti's five-month-old filly, named Sydney, was spared the stallion's alleged vicious attacks.
“Siti
died the very same day I decided to name the foal Sydney,” he said,
adding that he had put the filly under the care of a different stable
following the incident.
It was reported that Mohamad Nor, from
Kampung Pandan Dalam, lodged a police report on Jan 21 over the “rape
and murder” of Siti by a stallion, named Al-Walid, believed to be owned
by a “Datuk” from Kuala Lumpur.
Mohammed Nor said he had heard
there were other similar incidents at other stables where aggressive
horses had attacked other horses.
“Such incidents are rarely highlighted,” he said.
A check at the stable revealed that it was business as usual with several workers saying they were unaware of the incident.
A
caretaker of the stable had found Siti lying on the ground and
shivering at about 8am on Jan 21 with injuries on the head, bite marks
on the back and the private parts bleeding profusely.
Veterinarians
from the Cheras Veterinary Department and Universiti Putra Malaysia
tried to save the mare but it died about three hours later.
Preliminary
checks by the veterinarian from UPM showed the mare was probably “raped
and killed” by the forcefulness of the stallion.
Based on the
police report, the stallion was apparently placed in the mare's
enclosure for a day due to space constraints at the stable.
Selangor
CID chief Senior Asst Comm Mohd Adnan Abdullah said the case was not
under the jurisdiction of the police but under the Veterinary
Department.
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