FIRST BROUGHT YOU THIS NEWS THROUGH A BREAKING NEWS ALERT... YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THOSE BY DOWNLOADING THE FREE WYFF NEWS FOUR APP. RIGHT NOW -- QUESTIONS SWIRLING TONIGHT ABOUT HORSE SAFETY IN THE WAKE OF A STRING OF SUSPICIOUS HORSE SLASHINGS. OWNERS FROM NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA ARE ASKING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR HELP. OUR TAGGART HOUCK HAS THE STORY. (TAKE PKG) CONCERN ACROSS SPARTANBURG GREENVILLE AND POLK COUNTIES. A SERIES OF HORSE SLASHINGS.. THIS ONE IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY LAST MONTH..ENDING IN DEATH. FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD.. NAT FEEDING MAGGIE MAGGIE MAE CLIP 8879 13:09:08 SHE'S CALM AND COLLECTED NOW 13:09:10 BUT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO..THE 12 YEAR OLD HORSE.. FOUND DOWN THE ROAD..HER FENCE CUT..HER HEAD..SCRATCHED... BLEEDING SUSPICIOUSLY FROM HER HINDQUARTERS. CLIP 8879 13:07:10 IN THIS CASE THEY WANTING TO DO SOME TYPE OF DESTRUCTION UH YOU KNOW SOME DISTRUCTION TO THE ANIMAL AND IT'S INTENTIONAL 13:07:20 NAT MEETING ONLY KNEW IT WAS THINGS THAT WERE NOT REPORTED THAT WE NEEDED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL DOZENS OF CONCERN HORSE OWNERS AND ELECTED LEADERS ACROSS THE AREA THE FRUSTRATION OF THIS COMMUNITY IN GENERAL HAS BEEN WE HAVE NOT FELT LIKE WE ARE BEING HEARD PLEADING FOR HELP AND A UNIFIED APPROACH FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT SLED AND ASK ME I SHOULD WORK TOGETHER TO HAVE A TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION THAT’S HAPPENING IN OUR REGION. THIS IS SERIOUS, BUT HAS HAPPENED THROUGHOUT JURISDICTIONAL LAWRENCE AND BECAUSE OF THAT THE TOTAL STO IS NOT IT’S NOT HAPPENING. IS ANNOUNCING, SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PAMELA OF IT ARE AWARE AND CONCERNED THIS COMMUNITY WORRIED ABOUT HERE LIKE MAGGIE, I HOPE ALL THIS CUTTING AND STABBINGG AND SHOOTING HORSES STOPS ELECTED OFFICIALS. WE SPOKE WITH TODAY SAY THEY HOPE SLED WILL GET INVOLVED AND THEY’RE HOPING TO KNOW BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING WHICH IS SET FOR TUESDAY