Jon Stewart adopted a horse that was abused by a Rhode Island man
The convicted man faces more than $3,000 in fines and $10,000 in medical costs.
After rescuing a runaway cow back in April, Jon Stewart returned over the weekend as an animal hero once again.
The Associated Press reports that the former Daily Show host and his wife adopted a 20-year-old abused horse named Lily, who was found in March at a sales stables in New Holland, Pennsylvania. The horse had been shot more than 100 times with paintballs and had lost an eye from injuries.
An East Providence, Rhode Island, man named Phillip Price was convicted Friday in Pennsylvania of animal cruelty. Price faces $3,056 in fines and $10,176 in medical costs for the horse, according to the New York Post.
Stewart and his wife partnered with Farm Sanctuary in 2015 to open an animal sanctuary at the farm they own in Middletown, New Jersey, dubbed Bufflehead Farm.
Omega Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in Airville, Pennsylvania, where the injured horse was cared for since she was found, shared the news of Lily’s adoption by the Stewarts on Facebook.
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