Arabber Cleared of Charges Loses His Horses

ACTION AS A RECORD. THIS WAS A TARGETED ATTACK. VANESSA: HE IS A ATTORNEY REPRESENTING MR. FORD. HIS FOUR HORSES WERE SEIZED. THEY CITED A LACK WATER. THE HORSES WER EXAMINED IN JANUARY 2015 AND THE FINDING FECAL TESTS SHOWED ALL HAD TAPEWORMS, DRIED URINE, AND FECES PRESENT THROUGHOUT THEIR COATS AND THEY HAD VARIOUS FOR OF THRUSH--A BACTERIAL HOOF INFECTION. DIAMOND,A 12-YEAR OLD PINTO, W IN THE BEST HEALTH-- GIVEN A CONDITION SCALE. PRINCESS, A 5-YEAR OLD PINTO, AND CANDY,A 20-YEAR OLD STANDARDBRED WERE GIVEN SCOR OF 5 OUT OF 9. MR-WELLS, AN 18-YEAR-OLD ARABI SCORED 4 OUT OF 9. BERMAN SAYS THE HORSES WEREN'T MISTREATED >> ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN VETERINARIAN WHO WAS THE EXPER AT THEIR TRIAL, HE SAID THAT THE HORSES WEREN'T ABUSED AND THEY NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN THE FIRST PLACE. VANESSA: FORD WAS ACQUITTED ON 40-CHARGES OF ANIMAL CRUELTY. >> MR. FORD WAS VERY HAPPY, JUST WANTED TO TRY AND GET HIS HORSES BACK, WHICH HE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO. VANESSA: FORD WON IN COURT, BUT LOST AT AN ANIMAL CONTROL ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING THAT PROCESS IS SEPARATE FROM CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AN ATTORNEY CAN BE PRESENT, BUT ISN'T REQUIRED. >> HE WROTE A LETTER THE NEXT DAY REQUESTING THAT HE CAN GET HIS HORSES BACK, BUT WHA ADMINISTRATOR OR CITY OFFICI IS GOING TO GIVE HORSES BACK TO SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN ACCUSED ANIMAL CRUELTY? VANESSA: BERMAN SAYS HIS CLIEN IS LEFT WITH A CLEAN CRIMINAL RECORD AND EMPTY STABLES. >> NOW OUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO SUE THE CITY VANESSA: H SAYS WARD WILL NEVER GET HIS HORSES BACK, BUT HE'S COMPENSATE HIM FOR HIS LOSSES. A SPOKESWOMAN FOR ANIMAL CONTROL SAYS FORD WAS THE ONLY DEFENDANT ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING AND AN