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10-17-2007, 04:25 AM
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10-17-2007, 11:55 AM
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I poked my head into "Introductions" ... I don't have enough time for all the dang boards I've joined lately, trying to counter some of the national negative media this case has received.
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10-21-2007, 05:56 AM
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crossposting: Last night I attended a public horse auction. Some of them had been seized by Jackson County Animal Control back in March for neglect. They looked okay. But these weanlings were born weeks and months after the seizure, so no one has handled or cared for them except AC and their volunteers. You could feel ALL of their ribs, every young weanling there. They have their "foal coats" still, normally they shed those out within a few months and should have had a summer coat giving way to a winter coat by this time. They have no fat layer, you can see their shoulder and hip bones, their rump sinks on either side of the tailbone where nearly any horse would have a fat pocket.  They ALL had wormy bellies, but there was one poor colt there, that if you didn't know he was a weanling and a stud colt you would think he was pregnant ... just a sickening infestation of internal parasites. They were listless and dragged their toes when they walked. Now answer me this, who will report Animal Control for neglect?  |
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10-21-2007, 06:44 AM
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Maybe someone needs to take these photos and go above their heads? Not sure who you would go to, but everyone has a boss. I would take them to your local TV station too, along with all the other "documented" evidence. TV news love stories like this one!!!! Make it a public thing!! Hit them where it hurts.....in the eye of the public.
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10-21-2007, 08:38 AM
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| Good idea... but...  We have tried to go over thier heads to the STATE VET and this is part of their reply... "Unfortunately, the Michigan Department of Agriculture has no jurisdiction over animal control nor over animal welfare cases. As the Department has veterinarians working under it, an animal control agency may contact the department to request a professional consult on the health of the animals. This is the only participation we are allowed under the Law in animal welfare cases (non-licenses)." ***  The county is locked up tight on this... I am Angry beyond words after seeing last nightsw auction! a baby that is too young to be away from his mother (4 months at the most) try to nurse off of one of his pen mates... and the youngest weanling was stressed almost to the point of colic.  And then they desided that this guy no longer needed his MOM!... so they were sold to different people...  Nice way to take care of these babies! I am Just sickened by the worms and the poor health that these horses are showing and "NOTHING" we are doing is helping.... |
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10-21-2007, 11:19 AM
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Once again.....that's our tax dollars at work!!! There are so many things going wrong in this country, and so many injustices done and swept under the rug....we are taxed to death, and for what? This is a prime example of what our taxes are paying for. This country is headed towards a revolt.....and when that happens, watch out, because not only will animals not be safe, neither will the people!!!!!! Every bit of it just sickens me!!!!
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10-21-2007, 07:14 PM
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This IS sickening! I second going to the media with this, if the state vet didn't listen maybe they will, they could atleast raise awareness to this disaster if they pick it up.
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10-25-2007, 09:45 AM
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More things going on here ... They were supposed to sell all 80-84 horses in their care from the farm (original 69 plus the new foals) and now that the list of horses available at the fourth and "final" auction has been printed, there are between 10-14 horses MISSING!! see blog for more info |
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