We are helping a Humane Officer with placement of the cutest little pony, TooLoo. And the friendliest 2-year-old horse, Rocket. Rocket has 2 names so far. Rocket and Lucky. We'll call him Rocket for now. Though he is a very lucky boy. We don't know a lot about them yet. There are some legal things going on that we are not involved with. But they have both been signed over to authorities and they are available for adoption.
TooLoo is a little pony mare. seems to be okay. sound. etc. The farrier said she was good to work with. She needs to have a vet exam though. shots, age estimate, etc. She was basically abandoned. A little thin but not bad.
Rocket was extremely thin. He was rescued from starvation. But after 2 weeks he is doing better. He is a pretty grullo paint color. seems to be sound and okay now. He too will get a thorough Vet check soon. next week we hope.
We will get you more info. as we get it. For now, if you think you might be interested in adopting one or both of these sweeties, just give me a call. Thanks, Darci. 605 359-0961.
Earlier this week I received emails from people about some horses in trouble in Emery SD. I had heard about this last year too I think. I forwarded the info. on to Rosey at 2nd Chance Rescue and to the SD Animal Industry Board. And Holy Horses if they didn't do a rescue over there too. I think 8 horses, some doggies and some bunnies. There have already been arrests in this case.
It was all on the news today.Will it ever end? no, probably not. There are people who lock their 2-legged children in closets and starve them and beat them and worse. of course there will always be animal neglect.
But, we need to keep reporting, keep arresting, keep punishing, keep decreasing the numbers of cases of animal neglect. We need to keep saying
(1) it's okay and necessary to report suspected animal neglect
(2) it's not okay to let your horses starve to death or let their hooves curl up into their knees or die from parasite infestitation, and you will be punished if you get caught doing this.
This is a good time to do my lecture again about bailing people out whether it's from them directly or from one of the horrible little neighborhood salebarns that still exist (you know the salebarns I am talking about in our state). If you go to one of these salebarns and see skinny, sick, foundered, or otherwise neglected horses. REPORT IT! It's neglect! Why should neglect be lawful just because it's at a salebarn? It's not! REPORT IT! Take the poor babies home if you want to. That is wonderful of you. But REPORT IT! They should be able to find out who consigned the poor babies, and deal with it and for sure go check on other animals they most likely have at home. REPORT IT!
End of lecture. I'm sure I made my point.
