[Blistering Winds]

I did too.....but I can only really take on 1, as I have 2 I have to relocate/care for.

[spyro1]

I cant transport them down here though, so that may not work. We'll see if she mails me back.

[spyro1]

Just checked my mail....this is what I got~

Dear Friends,

It is with a heavy heart that I write with word on the latest news regarding the horses caught in the slaughter pipeline today at Cavel.

According to Illinois Department of Agriculture State Veterinarian, Dr. Colleen O'Keefe, the 6 trailers that arrived at Cavel today have been sent back to their original states of origin.
Dr.O'Keefe informed me that 2 of the trailers were from CO, and 1 each from SD, IA, and TN. She did not recall which state the 6th trailer originated from.

According to the USDA, the 2 trailers headed back to CO have been told to offload their horses in Iowa because they will not be able to make the full trip to Colorado and still be within the 28 hour law that regulates the commercial tranport of horses to slaughter. The others "supposedly" will make the return trip within the 28 hour rule.

As it stands right now, there is nothing further that can be done to spare these particular horses. Needless to say, everyone involved in this effort to help these animals is crushed.

It needs to be said that an offer was made by the humane community to purchase the horses, which they declined. It is important to note is that within a period of one hour this morning, Barbara Geittmann, Executive Director at the Hooved Animal Humane Society had secured staging areas to accomodate the horses where they could have been provided with veterinary care, food, water, and safe harbor.

I put out a call for "volunteers to stand ready" at 11:00 am and by 12:00 had received offers to provide homes for what would add up to several hundred horses. One caller from PA (involved in equine rescue) offered to take an entire truck load!

By 3:00 pm, the volume of emails I have received from kind hearted horse lovers offering stabling, funding, halters, labor, etc. had caused my computer to crash not once, but twice.

I have long admired the equine community for their willingness to step up to the plate for horses in need, but the outpouring of support by the equine community today, was completely above and beyond what anyone could ever imagine.

I cannot begin to express my deep gratitude to each of you who contacted me today to help these wonderful animals. Words just simply fail me now. All I can say is thank you. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

With Kindest Regards,


Gail Vacca
Illinois Coordinator
National Horse Protection Coalition
Wilmington, Illinois
Tel: 815-761-4937
Fax: 815-476-5257
www.horse-protectio n.org

[Blistering Winds]

So basically 6 truckload of horses have no where to go but back to an auction house????

So instead of Illinois dealing with them, they are off loading the issue BACK onto other states?

***???

[spyro1]

I know, I know....I am frusterated as well. Whoever "planned" the plants closing did a **** poor job of it, if you ask me. Did they not realize that trucks would be rolling in with no where else to go???

[Blistering Winds]

Another STUPID miss by Anti-slaughter people's agenda.

Those states that were listed...HEADS UP!

I'll see who is organizing what in those states from my end....see what we can do.

Though bringing them back to Colorado puts them within a better reach to me.

[Blistering Winds]

Apparently 3 kill buyers here, from an email sitting in my outlook right now, are already bidding for those horses to ship them south after off loading them for the night.

THAT is probably what will happen.

So....how long of a trip will that make it?????

Sad, very very sad.

[pocahontas]

Thanks BW for putting out the info

AND

thanks spyro for sharing that email
Great to see people come together from that email.

I don't know why they didn't do some sort of grandfather thing when they closed that plant?
Say it is closing, but at this future date to give people a chance to know and on the other end to not accept any new horses.

[spyro1]

That would have made too much sense!!
Let me know what ya come up with BW, like I said, I can take 2 horses, but will hvae to have transport here to North FL area. I may have a friend who would be able to take a couple as well. Need to talk to her later tonight.

[Reyven]

I can't believe they sent 6 truckloads of horses BACK to where they came from; considering they were sent there to be killed! Wouldn't it have made much more sense to let those who wanted to rescue those horses, rescue them?! It just boggles my mind that they would send them back when they already knew people were willing to give those horses a home, even if only temporary...