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A West Australian couple have been banned from owning horses for life after their heartbreaking cruel treatment of a horse and pony was discovered.
A court heard the man and woman, aged 29 and 28, had neglected George â a brown thoroughbred gelding and Robin - a young gelding pony, leaving them sick, injured and in pain.
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George, a brown gelding horse, had a back wound which exposed his spine as well as other serious health problems.(RSPCA)
Authorities inspected the pair s Collie property and found empty buckets and containers throughout the paddock along with some buckets containing leaves and twigs and small amounts of rainwater. There was no additional feed or hay visible.
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