Rescue operation of "petting zoo"

What gets discouraging with situations like this, is the animals are rescued by authorities. Rescues are called in to assist with the large number of animals involved. Dozens of ppl pull together to take care of cleaning up the mess. Then a year or two later, the offender is right back doing the same thing over again. They really need to make laws that once convicted of something like this, you can't have animals any more.

dspencer wrote:

AZPops wrote:
There are a lot of great folks out there!

Pops

You are exactly right Lance, there are great folks out there however there are a few that personally i would love to lock up in a small enclosed place and give them minimal food and water! :B

Doug

Ain't that the truth!

Lance

Thanks, Sue Bee - as I said, there has to be more to the story.

Eons ago, I took in a horse and a pony that were part of a dozen-animal seizure for neglect/abuse. The pony had been foundered; but the horse was in remarkably good condition - nice shiny coat, good weight. Was reportedly a barrel racing horse. And a real sweetheart.

Then one day he yawned - and I saw the massive scars across his tongue. I found out later that the owner would tie wire around his jaw, then tie him to a tree and beat him "to make him more spirited". The owner also owed money, so the horses were cared for, then put up for auction. Fortunately, the horses all went to good homes.

Remember, these guys are all in their winter shaggy coats, so that helps to hide how thin they are. While they aren't horribly thin like some of the walking skeleton rescues, there was a history of contact between the county animal control and the owner, and in total, 11 animals and a horse fetus were found dead after a warrant was issued. A vet found additional animals which were in need of medical care, and there was only moldy, rotten hay and no water available when animal control responded to reports of a dead horse on the property.

I don't think that the county was over-zealous in impounding the animals, it shouldn't take until animals are a 1 on a body scale for authorities to step in, and in the past, apparently, they had given her warnings and she had made changes necessary, and no charges were brought. She may have had the best intentions, but couldn't follow through.

Clearly, there has to be more to the story because the animals I saw in the pictures looked okay to me. Regarding dead animals on the property: if a largish farm animal dies, you have to wait for the rendering truck to come pick them up. In THESE parts, the rendering trucks might only come by every other week? So having a dead animal on the premises doesn't necessarily mean abuse or neglect...

AZPops wrote:
There are a lot of great folks out there!

Pops

You are exactly right Lance, there are great folks out there however there are a few that personally i would love to lock up in a small enclosed place and give them minimal food and water! :B

Doug

There are a lot of great folks out there!

Pops