Re: Horse Abuse

2000-06-15 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Good for you Donna, keep feeding them but be sure the vet checks them before
you get them fattened up otherwise they do nothing.  No one seems to want to
report on their neighbors so vets classically around here do nothing.  Took
over five year of hassling the sheriff until he got tired and fired up the
vet to get behind him and help a herd of horses that were starving.  There
were more buried (hidden) than live on the place at times.  We all felt
terrible but nothing worked so you get to where you can't face seeing them
and avoid the place.  The owner finally went to jail and things seem back
sane again.  Cats were stacked and urine and feces soaked, donkey dying of
cancer etc.

It does help to pull in or threaten to, the SPCA, PAWS and any animal rescue
groups you know of to put pressure on the authorities.  Maybe you will have
more luck sooner than we did. Jean




Jean Gayle
Aberdeen, WA
[Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter"
Occupied Germany 1946 TO 1949 ]
http://www.techline.com/~jgayle
Barnes & Noble Book Stores

-Original Message-
From: Donna Tauscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Fjord Horse Mailing List 
Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 6:45 PM
Subject: Horse Abuse


>This message is from: "Donna Tauscher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Hi List
>
>Hope it's OK to vent here.
>
>I just contacted the Sheriff's department to report a starving mare
>and her filly I saw in a pen not far from my house . I didn't know
>horses could be that thin and still be alive. I found out that this
>neglect has been ongoing , but I am the first person willing to report
>it.
>
>I'm just sick about it and I can't understand why nobody said
>anything. She's a brown mare and her filly is a tri-colored paint
>(very pretty heads) Their feet are so long that they are almost
>walking on their hocks. I just put some hay in the pen . I asked the
>dispatcher - She said I wouldn't get in trouble if I did. I'm going
>out to hug my chubby Fjord mare , Gracie , and say a prayer for the
>paint filly and her mom. I hope their suffering will end soon.
>
>Donna
>
>




Re: Horse Abuse

2000-06-15 Thread Denise Delgado
This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

listers:
sometimes a quick call to the local t.v. station does wonders, especially if
you say you have already tried local options and got no response. there is
no excuse for starving or ill-treating an animal in the united states these
days.  you can always take them to the spca or call a rescue chapter if you
can't afford to feed and house them.  imho, i think they should jail these
people and starve them for a few weeks to let them know what it is like for
their animals!  ok, ok, i'm off my soap box.  see yadenise
- Original Message -
From: Jean Gayle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: Horse Abuse


> This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Good for you Donna, keep feeding them but be sure the vet checks them
before
> you get them fattened up otherwise they do nothing.  No one seems to want
to
> report on their neighbors so vets classically around here do nothing.
Took
> over five year of hassling the sheriff until he got tired and fired up the
> vet to get behind him and help a herd of horses that were starving.  There
> were more buried (hidden) than live on the place at times.  We all felt
> terrible but nothing worked so you get to where you can't face seeing them
> and avoid the place.  The owner finally went to jail and things seem back
> sane again.  Cats were stacked and urine and feces soaked, donkey dying of
> cancer etc.
>
> It does help to pull in or threaten to, the SPCA, PAWS and any animal
rescue
> groups you know of to put pressure on the authorities.  Maybe you will
have
> more luck sooner than we did. Jean
>
>
>
>
> Jean Gayle
> Aberdeen, WA
> [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter"
> Occupied Germany 1946 TO 1949 ]
> http://www.techline.com/~jgayle
> Barnes & Noble Book Stores
>
> -----Original Message-
> From: Donna Tauscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Fjord Horse Mailing List 
> Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 6:45 PM
> Subject: Horse Abuse
>
>
> >This message is from: "Donna Tauscher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >Hi List
> >
> >Hope it's OK to vent here.
> >
> >I just contacted the Sheriff's department to report a starving mare
> >and her filly I saw in a pen not far from my house . I didn't know
> >horses could be that thin and still be alive. I found out that this
> >neglect has been ongoing , but I am the first person willing to report
> >it.
> >
> >I'm just sick about it and I can't understand why nobody said
> >anything. She's a brown mare and her filly is a tri-colored paint
> >(very pretty heads) Their feet are so long that they are almost
> >walking on their hocks. I just put some hay in the pen . I asked the
> >dispatcher - She said I wouldn't get in trouble if I did. I'm going
> >out to hug my chubby Fjord mare , Gracie , and say a prayer for the
> >paint filly and her mom. I hope their suffering will end soon.
> >
> >Donna
> >
> >
>
>




Re: Horse Abuse

2000-06-14 Thread Jon & Mary Ofjord
This message is from: Jon & Mary Ofjord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

At 03:58 PM 6/14/00 -0700, you wrote:
>This message is from: "Donna Tauscher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Hi List
>Hope it's OK to vent here.
>
>I just contacted the Sheriff's department to report a starving mare
>and her filly I saw in a pen not far from my house" . >
>Donna

Good for You!  Is there a Hooved Animal Rescue in your state? You can
probably find it on the net.  Maybe they can help you or the local Humane
Society.  It's very difficult to get help in this area.  Has anyone tried
talking to the owners?  Some people just don't know how to keep horses.  
Good luck to you.

Mary O.




Horse Abuse

2000-06-14 Thread Donna Tauscher
This message is from: "Donna Tauscher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Hi List

Hope it's OK to vent here.

I just contacted the Sheriff's department to report a starving mare
and her filly I saw in a pen not far from my house . I didn't know
horses could be that thin and still be alive. I found out that this
neglect has been ongoing , but I am the first person willing to report
it.

I'm just sick about it and I can't understand why nobody said
anything. She's a brown mare and her filly is a tri-colored paint
(very pretty heads) Their feet are so long that they are almost
walking on their hocks. I just put some hay in the pen . I asked the
dispatcher - She said I wouldn't get in trouble if I did. I'm going
out to hug my chubby Fjord mare , Gracie , and say a prayer for the
paint filly and her mom. I hope their suffering will end soon.

Donna