"Just to tie the horse up and leave it there to die with no food or water is just, it's like a whole second level of cruelty," Prince says. "I really want to make a point with this because it was unnecessary and I would really like to prosecute as strongly as possible the person whose guilty of doing it."



Prince says the person responsible will mostly likely be charged with felony animal cruelty. He says similar abuse cases have been reported in nearby Robeson County, but so far none of the leads have led to an arrest.



In the meantime, the horse is finally at peace, now buried where he died on the other side of a small graveyard.



"I want him to stand for something," Carter says. "Justice for him, justice for other horses that are being abused."