Arabs in VA

["sylke" <sylke@blacksburg.net>]

I have gotten SLAMMED with phone calls and emails from people thinking these
horses are on the verge of death... THEY ARE NOT... the geldings I saw were
skinny and looked that if things did not change they would be in trouble...
they were muddy and shaggy looking, but they live outside in a pasture so
this is to be expected.  This is not a rescue of horses that are going to
have to be euthanized or will be unrideable... I am trying to help this man
sell these horses to afford hay and feed since he is beyond his finances at
the current time and is in need of some help.

Can you please pass the word along that these horses are NOT that badly off?
I am going to see them saturday and have had others drive by the farm to
look at them in the field and other than a few being skinny, they seem
healthy and are ok.  This is not a rescue, it is to prevent them needing
rescue.  I was hoping to stop the situation before a rescue organization
needed to step in and i don't believe a rescue organization WOULD need to
step in if the man can sell a few horses to better afford the ones he has.

I just got a call from a rescue organization yelling at me for not having
these horses confiscated... The neighbor checked out these horses and
assures me that they are NOT in bad shape other than a few of them being
skinny.

I am very upset over how this situation is getting perverted by people
trying to make it worse than it is.  Can you help me pass the CORRECT
information along so people know the real story?

After speaking with the man and wife I know more about the situation than
was previously disclosed.  I am helping this man get the word out about
horses he is selling, and people are changing the information all around.  I
will have pictures this
weekend and can show people what they actually look like.  If you can pass
the word that that there is a breeding operation that is selling off
weanlings to 6 YO horses, as well as a breeding stallion and some broodmares
that is really the entire situation.  I have specifics on the horses and
should have pictures shortly.  When I go to see them I promise if I think
they are in danger or being abused or neglected i will be sure to call in
the authorities to help assist, but I honestly do not think that will be
needed.

Melissa