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Horse owners ask Cobb commissioners to restrict fireworks near equine facilities after new state law allows local controls
Summary
Several equine facility owners urged Cobb County to restrict fireworks within 200 yards of horse operations, citing injuries and deaths to horses; speakers pointed to Georgia House Bill 614 and asked the county to consider permitting limits and penalties like those adopted in nearby jurisdictions.
Owners and operators of horse facilities told the Cobb County Board of Commissioners on June 24 that fireworks are causing repeated harm to horses and asked the county to consider local restrictions following a change in state law.
Julie Mabry Stevens, who operates Mabry Farm Equestrian Center in Marietta, said her operation—part of a family farm established in 1904—boards 16 horses and faces frequent fireworks detonations that cause horses to panic, run through fences and sometimes…
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