Horse Owner Speaks Out After Beloved Horse Brutally Attacked: “I Feel It in Me”

Devonte Broaster is heartbroken. The young horse owner says he’s still trying to understand why his beloved horse, Oney, was violently attacked and injured by the same group of young men he once considered friends.

Broaster spoke to News 5 following the circulation of a viral video that shows several youths chopping a horse with a machete in Belize City. Police have since confirmed an investigation is underway and that five individuals are currently detained for questioning.

Broaster says he purchased Oney just two months ago from the same group now accused of abusing the horse. At the time, he believed he was rescuing the animal from mistreatment.

“Deh thief my horse so they took it round suh and hide and tell me that they don’t have it. They chop up him,” Broaster said.

“That hurt me, like I feel it in me. I feel it for him. I don’t know what is going on with deh bally,” he said.

The attack has hit Broaster especially hard, as this was his very first horse. “This dah the first horse I ever get, the first horse, I love ah,” he said.

Broaster says he has no known issues with the group. “No, I use to hang with deh bally. I don’t know what is going on with them,” he said. He plans to help Oney recover. “I plan to bring ah back and send him to village for some time and then I will ride him, but I just wah lef ah deh mek ih get back.”