No Charges in Horse's Death

Several news outlets have reported on the death of one of the Berkeley County horses involved in an abuse case earlier this year. The horse was struck by an SUV on Old Dairy Road on Sunday night.

In an interview with the Post and Courier, Berkeley County Planning Director Eric Greenway said the horse's escape from its pen was not a case of neglect, but "purely accidental."

The horse's owner, Dwight Benjamin McCloud, 1181 Old Dairy Road, pled guilty earlier this year to five counts of neglect. 

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Two of McCloud's four horses, Whisper and Traveler (pictured), were seized in the case. Both animals were starved and one had severe burns. . 

The two horses have been recovering at the LEARN horse rescue, but McCloud was allowed to keep the other two. LEARN founder Elizabeth Steed has offered to purchase McCloud's remaining horse.

Read more in the Post and Courier report, including an interview with Steed.

By Tuesday afternoon, the Lowcountry equine community had begun rallying around LEARN's calls to take the surviving animal. There are also reportedly calls on Facebook demanding animal control intervene.