No involvement of the Humane Society in the article. The local
Animal Control and the Mich. County Dept. of Agriculture were involved. The
vet did not say there was nothing wrong with the horses, rather that it could
have been resolved without seizure.
For those who are afraid of large
organizations, get real. Human nature rules, and there will always be mistakes
and controversy /"us" vs "them" mentality, but there is no other way to
accomplish things on a large scale without organization, and everything takes
$$$$$$$$$ these days. Just bringing awareness to the public is a valuable
service.
From: kskf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC]
Humane Society (OT) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:33:49 -0800
There's also something going on in MI now too
with a "humane" organization taking a herd of horses - even though the
organization's vet said nothing was wrong with the horses!
The pictures I saw of the horses certainly
didn't look even thin to me. Both mares I have ridden in their first couple
50s dropped a lot of weight after, that it took a while to put back - good
thing no "do gooders" were about then I guess. Kind of scary.
We had a similar situation in this area some
years ago. Someone turned in an Arabian horse breeder for neglect of
young stock. As I heard it, the young stock was out in a large
pasture. We all know how "teenagers" go through that gangly stage,
and our vet said that was all there was to it. But the SPCA came to
the ranch, rounded up all the horses, trucked them into the SPCA
facilities and I suppose fined the owners. I'm not certain of all
the details, but I think it was a rotten situation. Ultimately, the
people moved away, lock, stock, barrel and horses to somewhere in
remote northern CA.
After watching the Humane Society in
action, I have no respect for how they handle some situations. They
raided a neighbor and confiscated her dogs. But, before they did so,
they called all the local media, and told them what time they would be
there. Then, when interviewed on the news, they were sure to give out
their phone number for donations. The dogs were not in trouble, nor
were they unfed, or uncared for. Just too many of them. All were fat
and healthy. But those "poor dogs" got over $40,000 in donations for
the Humane Society. They never contacted the neighbor ahead of time to
try to "help" her in any way, just made a huge media production out of
it, to get money. They won't get any of my money.
Jonni
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