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<<You were my first link to many phone calls, for this
I thank you.>>
=="Well, I went on my first horse rescue today."==
A once beautiful TB mare was dying slowly of
starvation. The owner ignorant of taking care of
a horse.
We called it in to a neighboring state humane
society, who responsively turned it over to a
detective in the state the mare was in.
I had moved in the interim, several months
had passed, I went back last Friday to check
on this mare's condition.
What I saw was simply hide draped over
bones. A site more horrible than some of
the pictures I've seen of dead animals from
rescue calls.
I touched her and said I would get help no
matter what.
What followed was 72 hours straight of phone
calls, searching websites, more phone calls.....
~Only to find out that the "Dairy" state, named
after a hooved animal....HAS NO HOOVED ANIMAL
HUMANE SOCIETY in place in Kenosha, County~
Numerous Humane Society's from surrounding counties
returned calls, instructing me how I was to go about
saving this mare, many from up to 5 hours away,
banding together to help me. Their hands tied because
it was out of their jurisdiction. More leads came in
burning up the phone lines. A very special vet, hours
away offering to meet me to be an expert witness to
expedite the seizure of this mare from her fate of death.
I arrived at my old house next to the mare. I ran to the
back only to find the teenage son leaving the barn, and
the mare nowhere in sight. The other horse in distress,
as only a horse acts when their partner is 'just' removed
from them.....panic set in, what should I do next?
I called all my contacts, they suggested maybe someone
tipped them off. I should contact the detective, maybe
she had some answers. I was told, "yes there was an
investigation on this horse some time back, but no
one was sure if anything had been done". And why
was "I" concerned about it?
Well, ten minutes later we would realize the fate
of this mare and the fact that "no one at the
Kenosha County Sheriff's Dept. was sure".
Sitting on the couch trying to think what to do next,
I noticed the traffic backing up in front of the house,
it was a backhoe making it's way done the road......
and turning into the driveway of the mare's owner.
I ran to the back and, the backhoe slowly reached into the
barn, and dragged her body out and dragged it behind
the barn, and then tried to get it into a tractor bucket.
To dark to see they brought a car back for more light.
The sight was sickening. They made every effort to
to keep me from seeing what what they were doing.
Hurriedly they tried to hide her body.
That is when I saw it was her. She had to have died
minutes before I got there, or they shot her.
I called the police to explain, I wanted a picture of
her body, to be able to still prosecute this man, they
"did" say their was an investigation open on neglect,
abuse. I was simply told there was no law about dragging
a dead horses body around at night on his own property.
Yes, tonight I went on my first horse rescue.
Please, God give me the strength to set this right,
so this mare did not die in vain. Many people spend
'years' in rescue, enjoying their part in breathing life
back into these neglected and abused souls. And are
wounded when they view their first one die. I had to
feel it on my very first. I am shattered with grief for
this horse.
On the way home I just wanted to walk away and
never to have to feel this pain ever again. But maybe
it is thru pain and suffering myself that will give me
the strength to stand up and make a difference.
This horse died because, ~Kenosha County has NO
Hooved Animal Society in place~, I will not rest until
there IS one in place.
Yes, I went on my first horse rescue today, and certainly
it will not be my last.
Rhiannon
A very heartfelt thanks to all who dropped everything
to try and help me with this rescue. You know who
you all are. Thank you.
