Vets evaluate seized horses

Evaluations from a veterinarian conclude that one of the malnourished horses seized last week in Hampstead has cancer and needs to be euthanized.

Kathy Lewis, from the Topsail Humane Society, said they are still waiting for test results on the other nine horses.

The Pender County Sheriff’s Office seized the animals last week.

The owners were charged with animal cruelty.