[QUOTE=farmgirl88;5003176]
for those who have a Facebook page, you just might be “friends” with her on facebook. her name is “Devorah aikman” and she is from stephenville, TX. She is known for taking in some nice, nice TB’s off the track for TB retirement/adoption.
She has three facebook pages:
Devorah aikman
Dominion Racing Stable
dominion TB retirement
According to the article she said she had purchased 12 bags of concentrated horse feed and 1 bale of hay for them…a bale of hay for 2 weeks for 11 horses??? really??
actually she is referring to a big bale which can go as big as 2000lbs each,rounds or squares…not a 45 lb-er
[I]her repy:
DevorahAikman wrote on Jul 24, 2010 12:37 AM:
" Anyone who would like a copy of my written statement of facts may obtain one by sending me an email request.
Two talking points I would like to bringto your attention are.
- Humane officer obtained a seizure warrant through fraud. Horses were declared to be without food or water. FACT. 9 head were on lush green pasture with tanks and large plastic tubs of fresh water available. Stallions water tubs were 3/4 full and one large bale of coastal hay and 150 lbs of grain were present when we arrived to replenish the feed supplly. There is a big difference between NO FOOD AND WATER and some food and water.
Next talking point. Dog and Cat Specialist Scott Whitely who make the brilliant decision to sieze these horses ran the mares and geldings into the fences in order to attempt to catch them. The 20 year old grey mare who has melanoma cancer was in the best shape she had been in since donated over one year ago. She was injured by the humane officer and could barely stand on her feet by the time we got to her. All 11 horses suffered cuts, lacerations, hematomas, swollen legs and lameness as a result of this unorganized siezure by unqualified amateurs. To top it all off, Commitment and the other stallions were herded into cattle trailers without dividers and dumped into corrals at the cattle sale barn where the studs were allowed to fight for hours on end. Our attempts to reach and aid the injured horses were met with threats of arrest by sherrif’s deputies and we were forced to leave the horses in non-secregated pens overnight. We were not allowed access until the next day when the vet hired against us viewed the horses. He stood in agreement with me that the horses were injured during transport. It was his testimony yesterday that allowed the judge to order 9 of the horses to be returned to me immediately. Commitment suffered a torn lip, bite marks on both sides of his neck, lacerations on his sides and a huge hematoma on his chest suffered by being kicked by another stallion. I demanded the horses be separated and the humane officer suggested I wait until the hearing originally scheduled for the end of the month. Commitment and Uptown Miami were then placed in long runs next to each other. When the two stallions begain to fight over the top of the rail, the vet could see the look of sheer panic on my face. He dropped his clipboard and entered in to separate the stallions along with my worker, Donna Kreutz. They moved the stallions while the animal control officer watched in fear. He obviously was in way over his head. Finally the sale barn owner decided that he could not handle the stallions and told the officers that they needed to move the horses from his place. It was at my demands that they finally decided to move the horses a second time, individually to a location just a few short miles down the road. The animal control officer, Scott Whitely was really proud of himself at moving the horses properly and to a proper facility the second time around. But what about the long list of injuries incurred to these horses at his hands? He falsely claimed my place was filthy, yet he moved these animals into sale barn pens for God’s sake. How often are they cleaned? How many sick diseased and dying animals pass through those pens each week? Why didn’t the Human officer react to the downed cow who was stuck between two panels suffering all day long truly without food or water? How can he justify cowboying and roping these TB horses as if they were steers? Uptown Miami, in perfect health, who has had throat surgery and a heart murmer was roped and drug to the trailer like a rodeo steer. Before that event, he was living peacefully in his own private pasture, with a shade tree and fresh water. How can these “officials” justfiy such outrageous treatment of horses? How can they call me cruel when they broke Texas Animal Cruelty Laws by knowinly allowing the stallions to be co-mingled and fight for hours on end? Why did the prosecuter OBJECT every time I mentioned how the horses were treated when hauled and suppress the truth from being known to the public? Why did your police cheif lie to the Newspaper editor,quoting me as saying something I never said? In fact I had never seen him before, let alone had any conversation with him at all whatsoever about my horses? As far as January Ranch’s statement about Commitment is concerned, you were previously offered the return of the horse but you could not afford the haul to CA at the time. We have communicated about him recently and my offer to pay off the balance of the horse with my tax return this year. Get off the hate bandwagon and get the facts straight please. "[/I]
