Stallion saved in Polk County animal cruelty arrest

A Lake Wales man was arrested Sunday on felony animal cruelty charges after Polk County deputies discovered severely neglected horses and goats on his property, including one horse that died before detectives arrived. A number of other people on the property were arrested. This video is of Thunder, a two-year-old stallion, that was kept in a small stall in a dark barn and never turned out to pasture.

What we know:

Joemanuel Nunez-Suarez, 40, was taken into custody on June 1 following an investigation by the Polk County Sheriff's Office Animal Cruelty Investigations Unit.

Deputies responded to a tip about malnourished horses on Poe Road and found one horse lying in its own feces, barely breathing, and another emaciated with visible rib

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