So is this rule going into effect on December 1, 2024, retroactive so that Ashlee Watts hopefully won’t be able to compete after that date? Or does it start for any abuse reported after 12/1?
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It is just so good to hear that some people think this vet was abusive. Yay!!!
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Same for me. “Hate” may not be a strong enough word for the revulsion I feel towards this flesh sack.
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This is about Heather. She was very involved in the current case in which Ashlee Watts was found guilty. Watts subjected Heather’s beautiful filly, Dazzle, to cruelty and eventual death. Heather took her to court but unfortunately lost. She helped bring justice for Allie and Dazzle.
Heather today:
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/JwoKTRfTSS14ySdr/
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Heather’s case against Watts. Warning: disturbing video below. This is about Dazzle. 
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After 12/1
While the new rule doesn’t go into effect until December 1st, the conviction of animal cruelty will take effect immediately under GR 702.1.c.
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Plus, if she’s given a carceral sentence, she’ll be stuck in a cell.
Wonder if they’ll allow her to compete in a prison rodeo…
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Huntsville has a huge TDCJ horse program. I certainly hope she isn’t allowed to participate if she winds up there.
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Was her license revoked?
Yes, in a prior proceeeding wih the state veterinary board.
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Thank you. I felt it may have been an obvious answer, but now a days, you just don’t know.
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Man I get pissed off all over again reading the story posted on COTH. What I just wish is the people who said,
"During the trial, several equine medical professionals took the stand as witnesses and experts to determine whether using a cattle prod with an electric shock, also known as a “hotshot,” was a common and ethical practice in veterinary medicine. Some made the case that the hotshot was akin to natural horsemanship or dressage training"
Would experience a hotshot to understand it has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with good, ethical training.
No matter what that they would have been hotshotted during the trial.
I fume over here. My God to think I would have to confirm with any vet you are not going to effing hotshot my horse.
Ugh!
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And can we please find the names of the vets who liken hotshotting to normal training. So we can share their names that they are warped in the head. That we publicly make sure people know who these people are?
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Link to the COTH article.
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I think some of the names are listed in this thread already, aren’t they?
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OK I’ll look for that.
Sincere hopes that Watts doesn’t go home and take it out on one of her horses, or her boarders’. That would be… unsurprising.
Sick stuff.
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Will this make any difference?
“But the case is not over just yet. Watts asked for a pre-sentence investigation, District Attorney Jarvis Parsons said, and the judge in the case has scheduled a hearing for Dec. 6, ahead of a formal sentencing.” from COTH
No, she is convicted. The sentencing investigation is just about determining different factors that will affect what exactly her criminal sentence should look like: jail, probation, protected population, appropriate facilities etc….
No doubt they are going to push for probation and/or a light sentence in a very cushy facility.
As far as USEF
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Idk about Texas. But in most states a pre sentence investigation is done after every conviction. It is not about the defendants guilt. Usually this investigation is done to gather background info for judge to consider at sentencing (eg defendants criminal history if any, employment history etc)
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