More  Arabians are in trouble and again it has happened in  

North  Texas!

300-400 lbs underweight with matted manes,  

hopeless and confused!

Different place, another  sad story...

47 Arabian horses

are in need of your  compassion and help.

Here an excerpt from the e-mail that updated me  on the latest

in this case on June 25,  2010

:

So here is the  deal, the auction is July 10th at 10  am.

The horses are being auctioned because the Judge  

says that they need to be put up for sale  before they

can go to rescue. Collin County Volunteers  are hoping

to get enough supporters there to  

run off the kill  buyers

from purchasing these horses. I know it is a lot  to ask,

but if you can show up, it would be great.  

Tanya worked hard to get them seized and I'm  sure

she would hate  to see one of them trucked off to Mexico.  

The horses need your  help!!!

 

lulumoody@aol.com wrote:
Hi - And thank you for any help you  may be able to provide.  Here is the back and forth post with the  pictures.  The lady doing this is

Tanya Eastman - PO Box 434, Addison,  Texas 75001 and telephone number and e-mail is included in the post  below. 
 
Thank you again, and hope all these  horses find homes, because they are such victims of human abuse. 
 
Sincerely, Mary Lou  Moody

I called this lady this afternoon and she confirmed that an  effort is being made to save these horses from the killers.     She thinks that some of them may have come from Star Arabians since many of  them have Star in their names.    They were 47 and they found  more for a total of 65 horses. At some point there were as many as 90 horses  but many have already died and the officials said that the remaining  were 300-400 lbs underweight.   (see photos attached).  They  are looking for homes as well as money to buy the horses at the auction.    
 
Subject: 47 Arabian horses seized in North Texas - June 2010

Hi Guys....here I go again....sorry.  I know some of you may be sick of me and my rescue efforts with Dream Equine, but how could I not send this one?    Even if we all just sent this woman, Tanya,  $5 each to buy these horses some hay, it would help.   Or, we could all take a trip to Texas and be at the auction on July 10th.   Can you imagine the life these horses have already had, and the possibility they could end up at a Mexican slaughterhouse????      THESE ARE PUREBRED ARABIAN HORSES.   They were deliberately bred, and then this is what became of them.   PLEASE FIND IT IN YOUR HEART TO HELP.   PLEASE LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS.
Cheryl:  Wanna meet me there???    Anyone else got room in your pasture?    OY!    God knows I don't, but a few of you might???
And then there are still foals to be adopted at Dream Equine.    This just really hurts.    Those of you who are horse people know what it took for these beautiful Arabians to get to this point.   
PLEASE PASS THIS EMAIL ON.   ESPECIALLY TO PEOPLE WITH PASTURES AND LOVE AND PATIENCE.    THE WORD MUST GET OUT.
Off my soapbox for the moment.    Back on it soon!
Gina
Side note to Judith Thompson.....Welcome to Three Runs!   Looking forward to meeting you!
Side note to Tanya in Texas:   GOD BLESS YOU!   Please hit "reply to all" with the address to send donations to.   Thanks!
Sue!   So glad we met..................!
 
I will be heading this rescue effort.I will be getting 5 of them..I was told we-Gypsyheart- went viral on this.

These babies need homes.They are wild.There are 18 stallions.These darlings are very well bred...Please help... www.gypsyhearthorserescue.net

Please say a lil prayer for theses babies. I want to save them all. Ramona
 

Dear Friends,

You may have already received word of these horses in North Texas – it is an absolutely heart breaking story. No matter how or why these horses found their way to the state they are presently in, they need our help.  Any help, I am sending a box of halters today as well as our donation to help buy feed for them.  I hope that many of you can find a way to help as well.  I have met Irene and know her passion for the Arabian horse – I believe all the people involved with the rescue and help of these horses are sincere and devoted to the goal of finding a better day for each and every one of them.

Sincerely,

Nancy Gallun

 

Gallun Farms, Inc

P.O. Box 1949

Santa Ynez, CA  93460

805-693-0083 (voice)

805-693-0874 (fax)

 

From: Irene Deem <irenedeem@comcast.net>
Subject: Gypsy Heart Horse Rescue
To: alittle@kcbd.com
Cc: "Kristi Canovali" <kcanoval@yahoo.com>, "Tanya Eastman" <rockmagic3@yahoo.com>, "Ramona Foxworth" <charmedlife12000@yahoo.com>
Date: Monday, July 5, 2010, 7:14 PM


HI,

I am a volunteer working on an Arabian Horse rescue in Collin County. 47 Arabians were seized in an abuse case.

I am located in CA working with the Gypsy Heart Horse Rescue who are doing a fantastic job of coordinating our volunteers around the country who are trying to help.

This is an urgent situation as these horses go to auction July 10th. We are trying to save them from the slaughter buyers and find them new homes.

Thanks very much.


Thank you.
Irene Deem
Irene Deem Creative Services
www.irenedeem.com
(707) 869-3751
16750 Armstrong Woods Road
Guerneville, CA 95446

 

Animal advocates decry Texas horse feedlot (AP)
Monday, March 16, 2009
http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2009/mar/16/animal-advocates-decry-texas-horse-feedlot/

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Animal health advocates want improvements made at a West Texas horse feedlot where they say live horses are feeding in pens as carcasses decompose in the open and that some horses eat hay from atop compost piles.

State environmental investigators have not been able to verify the
allegations in four trips to the Frontier Meat Co. just outside Morton
in the past year. All of the trips have been without warnings or
notification, said Terry Clawson, a spokesman for the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality.

The operation, which feeds horses and buffalo, is owned by Fort
Worth-based Beltex Corp. The company has been cited for failure to have permit to operate and failure to have solid waste storage permit, which pertains to the carcasses not being composted correctly, documents show.

Calls seeking comment from Beltex and Frontier Meat were not immediately returned Monday.

Commission documents show that the feedlot manager told investigators last fall that about two horses a day die.

Feedlot employees should be “doing whatever they can to keep these animals alive,” said Julie Caramante, an animal cruelty investigator who volunteers with Animals' Angels, a Maryland-based nonprofit group. “What is happening to those animals out at the lot is not right on many levels.”

It was not clear Monday why the animals are dying.

The most recent complaint was filed Wednesday.

The repeated allegations and photos included in some of the complaints at the Morton location are enough to prompt follow-up investigations, said Keith Dane, director of equine protection at the Humane Society of the United States.

“We find all of those certainly despicable and most likely in violation
of at least one state law,” he said. “We urge the authorities to
investigate and take appropriate action.”

He did not cite a specific law.

According to commission documents, the first complaint, filed in April, alleged feedlot operators were “burying large numbers of animals in open burial pits for several years.”

At that time there were about 900 horses and 900 buffalo begin fattened at the feedlot, commission documents show. The feedlot sends the horses to slaughterhouses outside the U.S.

Investigators issued a violation notice because the feedlot didn't have a permit to operate but said the complaint's concerns about the burial  of animals “could not be verified.”

A second complaint was filed in July and again could not be confirmed. Investigators learned from the feedlot manager that “carcasses are collected and composted each morning,” commission documents show. The manager described the process as “a layer of manure, the carcasses and then additional layers of manure in series.”

Investigators said in their report that the composting procedures
“appear to be in compliance” with state law governing composting.

In an investigation following a complaint by Animals' Angels in August, a “visual observation” of the composting area “did not meet the definition” of composting but was rather determined to be “industrial solid waste storage.”

“This company does appear to have some sort of problems with disposal of carcasses,” said Laura Allen, executive director of the Animal Law Coalition

The feedlot did not have a permit to store solid waste and was issued its second notice of violation in less than a year, documents showed.

In a September follow-up to the August complaint the feedlot was getting assistance to set up proper composting procedures, documents show.

Lubbock resident and horse lover Ramona Foxworth said the feedlot has been in Morton for years and that she and a rescue group she runs, Gypsyheart Horse Rescue, took 35 pregnant mares and some foals from the operation about two years ago.

Many of the horses were sick and some of the mares had rain rot, a
fungus. “Horrible” is how she described conditions at the feedlot,
saying the horses are “packed in like sardines” and they urinate and
defecate all over one another.

“We've been trying to get something done for a long time,” she said.
“We've been trying to spread the story. Once you've seen (the feedlot) it will touch your heart in ways nothing else can.”

In 2007, when state-imposed bans closed the last three U.S. horse
slaughterhouses, a record 78,000 horses were exported to Canada and Mexico for slaughter, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics compiled by the Humane Society of the United States.

Morton is about 55 miles northwest of Lubbock.
 

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