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Great Article: Is Vermont failing its livestock?
SHHR takes in two horses
in eminent danger...the third does not survive.
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 She once was lost, now
helping others be found
By
Cristina Kumka
staff writer - Published: September 5, 2010
There was
a special visitor at the Rutland Farmers Market on Saturday.
Her name is Perdita, and she’s a blind pony.
Her name means “lost one” in Latin, but the Appaloosa was at the market to
raise awareness for the exact opposite: finding homes for horses and ponies
that need them.
“It exemplifies what we do,” said Spring Hill Horse Rescue volunteer
Elizabeth Eddy.
A corner of the market was turned into a veritable petting zoo as children
met Perdita, a docile white pony with brown spots and glazed-over eyes.
Perdita’s owner, Jim Kingston of Lazy Acres Equines in Brandon, got her and
her son Marbles from Spring Hill Horse Rescue Director Gina Brown, who has
been saving neglected animals and helping to inform owners about proper
animal care since 2000.
T-shirts lining a booth read: “No Excuse for Horse Abuse” and “The measure
of society can be how its people treat its animals — Ghandi.”
Eddy said the North Clarendon ranch has rescued hundreds of animals over the
years, found homes for 95 percent of them, and aims to inform owners so they
can keep their pets.
Volunteers are needed for positions on cruelty response teams and
“re-homing” teams, in maintenance, the veterinarian and legal professions,
and administrative support and public outreach.
Saturday was also the first opportunity ranch volunteers had to sell a new
fundraiser called “Buy a Bale.”
Donors are asked to buy a $35 round bale of hay or a $4 square bale. One
round bale can feed a horse for two weeks, and one square bale can feed a
horse for a day.
The hay will go to rescued horses at the Spring Hill ranch that are awaiting
new homes. With the winter approaching, the food is much needed to keep the
horses healthy, according to the ranch.
For more information on volunteering or donating, call Brenna Wright at
770-0914 or the ranch at 775-1098 or go to www.springhillrescue .com.
Local Equine Cruelty and Slaughter Updates
Middlebury, Vermont - January 5,
2010
Zeb is a 6-year-old horse with a new lease on life. The Morgan
and six other horses were marked for slaughter just two weeks
ago but were rescued. Vergennes High school sophomore Alex Coyle
and a friend bought them for roughly $300 apiece.
"I wish we could save them all but right now we can't," Coyle
said.
The horses had been living at the Quesnel farm in Middlebury.
The Bernard and Louis Quesnel buy unwanted horses in Vermont and
then sell them for slaughter in Quebec where they're processed
as food...
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Animal cruelty
sweep nets 110
By Brent Curtis Herald Staff -
Published: December 6, 2008
RUTLAND HERALD
More than 110 animals of all kinds were removed from farms in Hubbardton
and Brandon on Friday in what the Rutland County Sheriff's Department
said is the largest animal cruelty investigation in Rutland County in
years.
Sheriff Stephen Benard said his deputies along with about 50 volunteers
from the Rutland County Humane Society and Spring Hill Horse Rescue
spent the day Friday removing everything from dogs and cats to horses,
goats and sheep from farms on Monument Hill Road in Hubbardton and
Kimball Road in Brandon.
Benard said he couldn't release the names of the animals' owners since
no arrests had been made yet in the case. However, the sheriff did say
that the owners, who own both farms, would probably face charges once
the investigation was complete.
The Sheriff's Department began investigating the two farms three weeks
ago after a state Fish & Wildlife official found a dead goat on one of
the properties.
Benard said the animals were voluntarily surrendered to police for
evaluations by local veterinarians after police spoke with a lawyer
representing the farms' owners.
While the evaluations are still taking place, Benard estimated that as
many as 40 percent of the animals exhibited signs of neglect and
malnourishment.
"There are a lot in dire need of care," he said. "A lot of them need
dental care. We found one basset hound with teeth ready to fall out."
The different species removed from the farms includes cats, dogs,
rabbits, fowl, ferrets, doves, a miniature horse, horses, Shetland
ponies and goats.
The extreme quantity of animals and the medical care that many require
has taken its toll on the Humane Society and Horse Rescue, both of which
need the public's health, Benard said.
"This case has stressed animal services in Rutland County beyond the
max," he said. "The Humane Society and Spring Hill could use everything
from food and hay to monetary donations to get through this."
Contact Brent Curtis at brent.curtis@rutlandherald.com.
About Spring Hill Horse Rescue
Gina Brown founded
Spring Hill Horse Rescue in 2000. Their mission is to rescue abused,
neglected and slaughter-bound horses and to educate horse owners on
their proper care and handling. Gina is an equine humane agent for the
state of Vermont aiding in the investigation of large animal cruelty
complaints and assisting law enforcement with livestock situations. All
of these services are provided at no cost to tax payers. Spring Hill is
the only horse specific rescue facility in the state.
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