Saving a starving horse

For the last several days, we had noticed a horse tethered in the wild area near our house. At first, he had been further up the trail, but then they moved him to the area right across the street from the house. Three or four boys (early teens, I think) seemed to be the ones responsible for him, but they obviously didn't know how to care properly for a horse. Several days ago, they had asked us for water for him, and I had told them that they would need to pay for it. They agreed to pay 5 shekels for each time that they filled their big tub, but they kept making excuses about the money and, worse yet, began to simply fill it with water without asking me. Finally, I just went out, turned the water off, and told them that from henceforth they would have to pay the money BEFORE they took the water. We then detached the hose and brought it in the house, and, a little later, we also removed the faucet handle and brought it into the house, as well.

This morning, we called the city vet about the horse because he was getting very thin and emaciated. The very dry weeds out there are NOT adequate food for him! The vet said that they had been looking for this horse but had not been able to find him. Our neighbor, Shimon, called the cops, and they did come out. But they really didn't do anything but call to the boys, who simply ran away up the trail with another horse! In the end, it took almost all day before the vet's assistants actually made it out here and led the poor beast away. I hope that he will get a better home and plenty of food, soon! At least we did our good deed for the day.