It's unbelievable to me, Ginny, that you and CMHR are being painted as the bad guys by anyone. I've always believed your version of things. Like Lisa, I know that the bad guys--be they animal abusers, child abusers, wife beaters, murderers or thieves--almost always like to portray themselves as the victim. I just can't get over how many people get sucked in by the sob stories given by these individuals.
We've been told by a number of people that visited the farm that if we haven't been there we shouldn't judge, that we should trust their word that things are in great shape. You know what? One of those people posted about the gelding with the infected penis...how they looked & saw no maggots, so we should believe that things weren't as bad as we'd been led to believe. Then we see the report from the foster mom, of how she was out in the barn until after 3 a.m. cleaning the maggots out of that horse's penis & sheath. Now who do you suppose I believe?
Someone suggested that the sheriff was within his rights to lie to people--that he was under no obligation to tell hundreds of callers the true facts. Sure, he wasn't obligated by law to give all of us callers all of the details of what was happening, but that doesn't give him the right to lie. Around here in a situation like this the sheriff's office would issue a statement that all callers would be given. Something to the effect of "The problem is being taken care of; the horses are now being looked after and we are monitoring their care". But for the sheriff to be declaring to most callers that there isn't a problem, and for him to say that he's supervising the care of the horses--and then Ginny arrives at the farm to find what she found--the authorities lost credibility in my eyes at that point.
For anyone that says the photos--which I do find absolutely HORRIBLE--are doctored, I would say that if you believe that, you should take them to a professional and have them analyzed. Guess what--it's entirely possible to have them analyzed to determine if they have or haven't be "doctored".
For those that say losing all his horses would kill Mr. Trembly. Guess what? I'm quite sure he would survive. Do you know how many times I've heard people say "If Grandpa loses his license, it will kill him!" "If my uncle can drive any more, he'll die" of "If Grandma has to go into the seniors home she's going to die" and so on and so on. Surprisingly enough, all of these people survived that traumatizing event that their children, grandchildren, nieces & nephews were all so sure would KILL them.
I'm entirely with Lisa--if anyone chooses to dislike me or boycott me because of my opinion on this case, that's perfectly okay. If you're a person who thinks there's nothing wrong with the horses in those photos just posted, I would never want you to have a horse of mine. If you think it's okay for an old or sick horse to look like that, I don't want anything to do with you. If a horse is so old or so sick that it cannot be in decent shape with extra care, special feed & a lot of TLC then it is time to let that horse go--help it to a peaceful end. Don't let it waste away and die.
You know, people really disgust me, & I don't just mean the ones that are starving and abusing their animals. My disgust extends to all the enablers that actually HELP the abusers.
