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Kerry Wilson
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 02 Oct 2013 : 5:28:59 PM
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I find it upsetting that she escaped the net in 1995, I know there are worse cases of cruelty to be dealt with and I imagine the rescue charities are stretched to their limits. But there should have been records that she had previous problems.
I also find it worrying that people loan horses out without looking where they will be going(It happens-I have friends who have done that!!) getting references from vets etc or regularly checking up on them. These owners are as responsible for what happens as the loaner imo. |
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sasha
Gold Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02 Oct 2013 : 7:01:32 PM
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KERRY..
In Dawn's case it was not possible to personally go from france to England, she was very, very poorly... a statement will be going on the thread ' Justice for Raji' |
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Ari
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Posted - 02 Oct 2013 : 8:38:06 PM
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I had a pony on loan for my daughter and the owner never came to see her but that didn't give me the excuse not to care for her. She stayed with us for life.
Just needs to be said....Neglect and cruelty is just that and responsibility remains firmly with the individual who has day to day care of any animal to ensure their well being. There is absolutely no excuse in any circumstance.
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gossy
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England
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Posted - 03 Oct 2013 : 09:39:33 AM
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sasha
Gold Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 Oct 2013 : 12:57:51 PM
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Quote from Nat H...
Perhaps I'll change my mind when I've seen the facts.
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WELL... have you ? |
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cmj
Silver Member
France
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Posted - 03 Oct 2013 : 4:05:34 PM
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Nat H - you are obviously a good and caring person. It is a fact that some people are self-serving, cruel, totally lack empathy and have no conscience. I doubt that this awful Fletcher woman will have any guilty feelings. It is also pretty unlikely that she will have 'learned from her mistakes'.
I think we have to look forward and focus on helping the animals, not just those who have suffered already, but also those who COULD suffer in the future if the community does not "keep an eye" on the perpetrator.
I don't think it is a witch hunt to make everyone aware of what this horrible woman has done, nor will it be wrong to keep resurrecting it if there is ANY chance she might be able to act in the same way in the future. We could do with a rogues' gallery really. |
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basbob
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France
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littlearabians
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Posted - 03 Oct 2013 : 7:58:40 PM
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loosing your job is no excuse for starving horses (and big respect to you Justine for what you did when in hard times)... she had many horses on loan, if you loose your job long enough to starve horses like that you should have contacted the owners before it got that bad, even if you have no friends people will help if you say you are in trouble and your horses need feeding... yes you might be too proud to ask for help, but that is again something there is no excuse for really, even less so when its other peoples horses involved.... had she send the loan horses back she might have been able to pay for feeding her own..... people have been rescuing her horses, paying for horses that had no passports, I'm sat with a fear that they might have bought some of her loan horses... she or her boyfriend owned Master Blaster, and even though things were very hard and Raji dead she still wanted more then token for people wishing to rescue the rest.... MB for one was NOT advertised cheaply, not even in todays market.... one word sums it up for me GREED.... its like she wanted to breed to make quick/ easy money. IM SO GLAD I NEVER LET HER LEASE MY MARE!!!!
I moved to England I 2009, and left my partner in 2010, I didn't know many people here AT ALL, but a lady I meet only a few times before the split put me in her guest room, for a long time, to get my life back on track and not having to sell/ move horses. I have cut down on ALL special things for me to keep the horses going, not like others letting their horses live of a handful of haylage and a bit of dusty barley, trim the feet themselves in spite of being utter useless at it and never worm, so they can drink champagne and eat oysters.......
my horses come first they always have done, and yes time has been hard, but then I happily eat pasta to have extra money for the horses.... Should life ever get so hard I couldn't feed them I would give them to friends or even shoot them before I would let them starve.... I don't breed on a big scale at all, as I'm a one man band so I breed what I can afford to keep, and don't have more then I can manage the work.
I for one have helped people out as best I could, I saw a post AGES ago on here for a desperately sad girl in trouble which meant she had to sell her beloved mare, as a horse lover her posts made me sad, I contacted her on the AL pm system, her mare came here till she was back on top, the girl still has her horse, but without my help that might not have been possible. Im sure if anyone asks for help people will help!. |
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pinkvboots
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 04 Oct 2013 : 12:42:04 PM
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| LittleArabians I totally agree with everything you have said, there is no excuse for letting those horses get in that state. |
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