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Ortiz – whose husband, George Ortiz, died June 24 – said that she had left a friend in charge of taking care of the horses. Passers-by discovered the horses looking malnourished and have been watering and feeding them.
“My husband had been sick for 13 years and been in and out of the hospital a lot lately,” she said. “I had someone in charge of taking care of the horses. The key was in the truck. The truck was full of gas. There’s feed here on the back porch. I haven’t had a chance to talk to him to see what happened. It was all a misunderstanding and bad timing, I guess.”
Yorktown Police Chief Paul Campos said he visited with Ortiz on Tuesday and was assured the horses would be taken care of.
“She’s moving some of them to another pasture with more grass. Since there was food and water there every time I went by, there will be no citation issued,” Campos said.
Ortiz said another problem was that one of the horses won’t let one of the other ones eat unless Ortiz is there shooing the aggressive horse away.
“One of them is a real bully when it comes to feeding time,” she said. “I’m moving one of them to another pasture so she can eat without being bothered.”
She said that while she wants to keep the horses, she would consider selling the two younger ones.
“These are fine horses. Three of them are registered, and one is a purebred Arabian,” she said.
Ortiz said she appreciates the concern of the community.
“At least we know that people care,” she said. “But people also need to know the whole story. My husband came first. I’m back on track. Life goes on.”
Sonny Long is a reporter for the Victoria Advocate. He can be reached at 361-580-6585, by e-mail at slong@vicad.com, or comment on this story at VictoriaAdvocate.com.