nootka
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Dec 1, 2002
- Messages
- 7,547
- Reaction score
- 0
OR. Woman Gives Up Ownership of Starving Horses
I wonder if there is any way to contact the authorities and find out if they need homes or...? For the minis.
I am going to see if there's any more I can find out since it's fairly local and we know people in that area.
Liz M.
(Since I don't think you can view the link unless you register w/the site, here is the copy and paste of the text
JUNCTION CITY, Ore. -- Dozens of horses rescued earlier this week from a farm near Junction City will go to new homes after they're nursed back to health, authorities said.
KGW
Animal Control officers said the horses were seriously malnourished.
Animal control officers said they rescued 34 horses from neglect at the farm. The animals were found mired in manure up to the knees and with hoofs so extended they could hardly walk.
An 80-year-old woman owned the horses, along with a llama and several head of cattle. The animals' dire condition was due to neglect rather than purposeful mistreatment, Mike Wellington, manager of Lane County Animal Regulation Authority, said. She was allowed to keep the llama and cattle.
"This elderly person was in over her head," he said. "She knew the situation was terrible, but by then she was afraid to ask for help because she was afraid she would have to go to jail."
The woman, whom authorities asked not to identify in print, voluntarily relinquished ownership. Authorities have six months to file charges, but say they will not do so unless the remaining animals are mistreated.
Animal control authorities will treat the horses for malnutrition and overgrown hoofs, and then put them up for adoption. Several of the mares were pregnant. The herd included full-size and miniature horses.
"All I can say to the public now is, if you know people who are up in years and have animals, make an effort to check on them to make sure they're being treated properly," Wellington said.
Authorities visited the farm after an anonymous caller told them about the abuse Wednesday. Animal abuse investigator Bernard Perkins said his many years of experience did not prepare him for what he saw.
"Some of the horses had to be dug out of 4 feet of manure," he said. "We had to get an (inmate) work crew in to remove it all so we could even open gates and get the horses out of the stalls."
Volunteers used a fleet of horse trailers to move the horses to another farm on Thursday. The animals will remain there until they can be adopted. Most should recover well, Wellington said.
I wonder if there is any way to contact the authorities and find out if they need homes or...? For the minis.
I am going to see if there's any more I can find out since it's fairly local and we know people in that area.
Liz M.
(Since I don't think you can view the link unless you register w/the site, here is the copy and paste of the text
JUNCTION CITY, Ore. -- Dozens of horses rescued earlier this week from a farm near Junction City will go to new homes after they're nursed back to health, authorities said.
KGW
Animal Control officers said the horses were seriously malnourished.
Animal control officers said they rescued 34 horses from neglect at the farm. The animals were found mired in manure up to the knees and with hoofs so extended they could hardly walk.
An 80-year-old woman owned the horses, along with a llama and several head of cattle. The animals' dire condition was due to neglect rather than purposeful mistreatment, Mike Wellington, manager of Lane County Animal Regulation Authority, said. She was allowed to keep the llama and cattle.
"This elderly person was in over her head," he said. "She knew the situation was terrible, but by then she was afraid to ask for help because she was afraid she would have to go to jail."
The woman, whom authorities asked not to identify in print, voluntarily relinquished ownership. Authorities have six months to file charges, but say they will not do so unless the remaining animals are mistreated.
Animal control authorities will treat the horses for malnutrition and overgrown hoofs, and then put them up for adoption. Several of the mares were pregnant. The herd included full-size and miniature horses.
"All I can say to the public now is, if you know people who are up in years and have animals, make an effort to check on them to make sure they're being treated properly," Wellington said.
Authorities visited the farm after an anonymous caller told them about the abuse Wednesday. Animal abuse investigator Bernard Perkins said his many years of experience did not prepare him for what he saw.
"Some of the horses had to be dug out of 4 feet of manure," he said. "We had to get an (inmate) work crew in to remove it all so we could even open gates and get the horses out of the stalls."
Volunteers used a fleet of horse trailers to move the horses to another farm on Thursday. The animals will remain there until they can be adopted. Most should recover well, Wellington said.
Last edited by a moderator: