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7/31/2010 gigi
Article: Waiting for Animal Cruelty Charges
Keep up the good work. This is terribly depressing. We are raised with values but when you take a look at society today things are pretty dismal. Look at congress--it's full of crooks with no intention of paying taxes. Is all of government corrupt? A starving rain rotted horse deprived of medical care is obvioulsy a crime, but it seems that those in the government have lost their sense of right and wrong.
7/31/2010 Bonita S,
Hoarding is a psychiatric diagnosis, and this is nothing more than animal hoarding at its worst. If this was a dog kennel, it would need a license to operate, and horse farms should be no different. Horse farms that breed and/or board should be licensed and subject to routine inspection of the facilities, paperwork showing proof of inoculations (which should be required, ie rabies, EWT, Coggins), and feed storage. Taking care of horses DOES require money, commitment, and the ability to know when you can not provide for anymore. It is like having more children than you know you can provide for ----and I already help take care of too many of those with my taxes!
7/31/2010 Margy
Article: Waiting for Animal Cruelty Charges
It appears to this observer and in my opinion NO ONE is willing to enforce the "wonderful, strict animal welfare laws" that this state has on the law books! Especially when it comes to horses or livestock of any kind. Why many ask, over and over again. We get the pat answer no $$$ and we all know in this case and in many others the almighty $ is not a justifiable reason. How's this one "horses have historically not been under the purview of the animal welfare laws" WHAT?!!!! After this was said to me I quoted chapter and verse, definition of the word "animal" in the animal welfare laws and even pointed out the specific laws for the Equines. I never got a response from the State official that said that to me. Wake up people our neighbors in New Brunswick just took 35 horses and are prosecuting! Laws and patting yourselves on the back for getting them on the books mean absolutely nothing if you have no intention of enforcing them!
7/31/2010 Linda Cayer
I do hope Animal Welfare has NOT forgotten the Burnham property. I don't want them to give up on these horses. Winter is coming...
7/28/2010 Critter123
Article: Waiting for Animal Cruelty Charges
Bret and Alexis have moved back to the Burnham property. There are NO shelters outside They are continuing to purchase, trade and sell horses. They have ZERO interest in geldings, stallions because they can be bred (this worries me the most!) They have been getting regular shipments of hay My biggest concern is that they are NOT GOING TO STOP doing what they are doing unless forced by law. The Ingraham's could really care less about this whole investigation, they feel that they are just going to be given a slap on the wrist and can go along their merry way. Nobody seems to be able to say NO to these people... and it's only going to get worse if they are permitted to continue to carry on business as usual.
7/23/2010 Everet
Nope. I'm just saying there is a right way and a wrong way. State workers were mentioned so I responded -- don't know of others being scrutinized other than the state workers. And...of course every work place has different guidelines. I guess, the point I'm getting at is -- you can be a whistle blower but do it going through the appropriate channels and keep going up. Don't whistle blow slamming your employer on a public forum because no employer in their right mind will let that pass. That's it. You wouldn't! People need to see through the trees here and stop bringing in the emotions. Do the job, stick to your beliefs, go by the guidelines, use the laws to your advantage and keep the personal stuff out of it because if you don't, everyone will take it personally even your employer. Then it won't be about the animal anymore it will be about the human.
7/23/2010 Joy
Article: Horses Seized from Ingrahams
I'm not quite sure how all of this hierarchy stuff is working at the moment where the AWP is concerned but I've been told that AW has moved from Animal Health and Industry to the Division of Plant Industry and will overseen by Robert Batteese??? Makes no sense to me but I'm sure there is a reason for it. I have someone staying with me the first week in August who is very close to the Commissioner so I will be sure and bend his ear a bit and find out why the change. Did Norma have someone above her to answer to other than the Commissioner before July 1?
7/23/2010 RoseHorseLover
Everet also wanted to mention, not all of the people that work for the state that she is going after work in her department or are her employees and therefore are not under the same "rules" about disclosure, maybe you need to read the state handbook. and personally as for the staff who work at Animal Welfare and have become whistle blowers (which is a legal and protected right) I give huge kudos to her workers who dared to stand up and say something was wrong..what are you saying, keep letting the horses die and keep your mouth shut when you are one of the people who work there and see this happen time and time again??!!?
7/23/2010 RoseHorseLover
Article: Horses Seized from Ingrahams
Evertt heard the term whistle blower?
7/23/2010 Everet
More changes? I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the hierarchy changed. And who is Norma accountable to now if not the Commissioner?
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