A LAWMAKER is calling for the deportation of a Texan man who beat a horse so badly it had to be put down.

Hugh Meixner, a Texan who migrated in 2004 to work horses, pleaded guilty in the Bowen Magistrates Court to animal cruelty after the incident in Queensland on July 9 when the mare was transported from Byerwen Station, Newlands, to Charters Towers, a 300km trip, the Townsville Bulletin said.

North Queensland politician Rosemary Menkens has urged the state's Attorney-General to contact his federal counterpart to have the man's work visa revoked.

"This individual has been found guilty by Bowen Magistrates Court of a horrendous crime which beggars belief," Ms Menkens said.

"We do not need and should not allow an individual who now has a criminal conviction for animal cruelty to remain in this country.”

In court, prosecutor Sergeant Dave Blundell called for a prison term after giving a gut-wrenching description of the mare's injuries, which included the horse's head being so swollen both eyes were closed and multiple cuts, grazes and welts.

Barrister Bronwyn Hartigan argued for a good behavior bond and Magistrate Athol Kennedy, after lengthy consideration, imposed a two-month jail term, suspended for 15 months.

The owner of the four-year-old chestnut mare had warned Meixner the horse was hard to load on to a truck but he flogged it when he couldn't coax it on to the truck with bread.

"He was lucky to avoid prison, but his visa should be canceled immediately and he should be put on the first plane back to Texas," Ms Menkens said.

Read more at the Townsville Bulletin.

Originally published as Calls to deport man over horse cruelty