{"id":54705,"date":"2016-11-26T02:10:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T01:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=54705"},"modified":"2016-11-26T02:10:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T01:10:30","slug":"riding-horse-south-carolina-florida-man-charged-animal-cruelty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/riding-horse-south-carolina-florida-man-charged-animal-cruelty\/","title":{"rendered":"For Riding A Horse From South Carolina To Florida, Man Charged For Animal Cruelty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man was arrested on animal cruelty charges in Miami <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1235458772\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Wednesday<\/span><\/span> after<br \/>\nriding his horse nearly 700 miles from his home in South Carolina to Key<br \/>\nWest, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Emerson, 36, was arrested as he rode his horse, Trigger, on a<br \/>\nbusway in Miami, ABC affiliate WPLG reported.<\/p>\n<p>Emerson, who kicked off his journey to South Florida more than four months<br \/>\nago from Greenwood, S.C., said he had been going through a &#8220;rough patch<br \/>\nwith my wife, had a divorce, wrecked my truck,&#8221; so he wanted a fresh<br \/>\nstart.<\/p>\n<p>But his mode of transport didn&#8217;t sit well with passers-by along his<br \/>\njourney, let alone Trigger.<\/p>\n<p>The South Florida SPCA received several calls from the public informing<br \/>\nthem that Trigger appeared in poor health.<\/p>\n<p>According to WPLG, Trigger was found with low body weight and low body<br \/>\nfat. On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being almost obese, Trigger registered a<br \/>\n3.<\/p>\n<p>Emerson told police that &#8220;he did not have any money to feed his horse or<br \/>\nhimself&#8221; and was depending on strangers for assistance to survive the<br \/>\ntrip.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The horse isn&#8217;t in any condition to travel that far,&#8221; SPCA spokeswoman<br \/>\nLaurie Waggoner told WPLG. &#8220;He is almost completing lacking in<br \/>\nsubcutaneous body fat. He has very little muscle. You can see the skeletal<br \/>\nstructure. You can feel all of his ribs. You can see the individual<br \/>\nvertebrae, his hip bones and all the bones on the horse. His back is very<br \/>\nsensitive. He gets very mad if you touch it because it is very sensitive<br \/>\nfor him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trigger is now at a horse farm in southwest Miami-Dade, where he is being<br \/>\nevaluated. 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