http://www.bangordailynews.com/story/Statewide/Six-horses-two-cats-seized-in-Dedham,155554
I wonder if the owner even knows they have been taken? It is sad, they looked to be cute. I see people getting rid of their horses left and right because they can’t afford the feed anymore, goes hand in hand with the slaughter thread.
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I wonder if the owner even knows they have been taken? It is sad, they looked to be cute. I see people getting rid of their horses left and right because they can’t afford the feed anymore, goes hand in hand with the slaughter thread.[/QUOTE]
What on earth are you implying?
I doubt the owner even cares! After all allegedly the owner chose to abandon them without food and water!
Neither is it the first time! Jeanmarie Ahern who I believe posts on this forum has previous convictions for cruelty!!
The ones I feel sorry for are the animals… :no:
Kim
I am not implying anything…
I am sorry you thought that, I agree and feel sorry for the animals as well. I just wondered if she cared enough to know they are gone. I worry about mine all night long, I can’t even think of leaving for overnight, much less two or more days! I think this winter is going to be hard for everyone and this is not going to get better for a long time. So again am sorry it was taken that I thought anything of her at all, I just feel bad in general about the whole downturn of the economy. I guess this hit home harder as it is so closeby… I guess I will just keep to myself more.
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I am sorry you thought that, I agree and feel sorry for the animals as well. I just wondered if she cared enough to know they are gone. I worry about mine all night long, I can’t even think of leaving for overnight, much less two or more days! I think this winter is going to be hard for everyone and this is not going to get better for a long time. So again am sorry it was taken that I thought anything of her at all, I just feel bad in general about the whole downturn of the economy. I guess this hit home harder as it is so closeby… I guess I will just keep to myself more.[/QUOTE]
You and I may worry about ours overnight but apparently she did not and has a history of this behavior. She neglected the animals and is a repeat offender. Yes, the downturn in the economy has affected nearly everyone but the article did say she may have taken a stallion with her and she has probably bred some of the ones seized in addition to being irresponsible for either not asking for help or for buying/breeding more than she can feed.
What’s slaughter got to do with it? You mentioned it in your OP. People like her don’t use that means to an end. If that were the case there would have never been neglect cases such as this when the option was available.
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I am sorry you thought that, I agree and feel sorry for the animals as well. I just wondered if she cared enough to know they are gone. I worry about mine all night long, I can’t even think of leaving for overnight, much less two or more days! I think this winter is going to be hard for everyone and this is not going to get better for a long time. So again am sorry it was taken that I thought anything of her at all, I just feel bad in general about the whole downturn of the economy. I guess this hit home harder as it is so closeby… I guess I will just keep to myself more.[/QUOTE]
She clearly didn’t care otherwise she wouldn’t have just done a bunk and left them (and cats) without food and water and crowded in inappropriate small enclosures standing in filth and she wouldn’t already have a prosecution for cruelty.
It’s got NOTHING to do with the economy!
It’s got NOTHING to do with slaughter plants or horse slaughter
This is a adult woman who has taken a cruel decision despite having been through the court system previously for cruelty.
It’s scum low life who clearly should never have had horses in the first place and regrettably, according to the article, still has one!
Seems she was known in the area and hence her neighbours were already on watch and alerted the authorities REALLY quickly.
I trust the authorities, who acted incredibly efficiently on this occasion, manage to track her down quickly and call her to account with another trip to court and conviction for cruelty and causing suffering and that they remove her last remaining horse and institute a life time ban on keeping them.
If she’s plagued by a lifetime of misery and a chronic ulcerated mouth that prevents her from eating then I’ll be even happier.
Seen too often! She’ll get a slap on the wrist and life time ban is a joke as a husband or child could own the animal.
Until there are stiffer penalties for abuse of children & animals it won’t be taken seriously.
I agree with the lifetime plague.
One can hope…
From the article:
They speculated that Ahern might be struggling financially because she has been using a generator for electricity and hauling kerosene for heat for more than a year.
If she is struggling financially, she has no business taking on more responsibility. We all know when the bills aren’t being paid and utilities are shut off, chances of the horses receiving reasonable care are slim. Heaven forbid one of the horses gets severely injured from the fencing at that place, or worse, gets hit in the road. If she doesn’t have the $ to pay her electric bill, she most likely doesn’t have it to pay the vet.
I’m not trumping my ‘better than thou’ horn here. I’m not rich by any stretch, and I don’t have a mountain of cash that I’m sitting on. But, I do know, if I were in such financial straights that my utilities were being shut off - I would not be housing more and more animals. In fact, when I was in financial straights due to layoff, the first priority was rehoming what I knew I wouldn’t be able to continue to afford to feed that following winter.
Maybe she’s struggling financially, maybe she’s not. I know plenty of people in Maine who have chosen to go “off the grid”.
I don’t understand how people can just leave living creature to suffer like that with no remorse. I hope she goes to hell.
This is the sad truth
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Seen too often! She’ll get a slap on the wrist and life time ban is a joke as a husband or child could own the animal.
Until there are stiffer penalties for abuse of children & animals it won’t be taken seriously.
I agree with the lifetime plague.
One can hope…[/QUOTE]
It seems no counties really care. I’ve seen cases like this every where I’ve ever lived. There are laws on the books, but shelters don’t want the expense, don’t have the room for horses, are weary of judges imposing fines on abusers only to waive them all. Token jail terms - all suspended. And it’s always the same abusers over and over again, as they move from place to place, putting the animals in some relative’s name. Life time bans on ownership are a joke, something that looks good in the newspapers when the case is settled. These people alwasy have an excuse. “It’s not my horse”. “I don’t even live there”. “Someone else was supposed to be taking care of them”. As long as the ownership can’t be traced to the acual affender, he’s off scott free. Happens constantly. 
They’ve always happened too much.
Bravo!!
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She clearly didn’t care otherwise she wouldn’t have just done a bunk and left them (and cats) without food and water and crowded in inappropriate small enclosures standing in filth and she wouldn’t already have a prosecution for cruelty.
It’s got NOTHING to do with the economy!
It’s got NOTHING to do with slaughter plants or horse slaughter
This is a adult woman who has taken a cruel decision despite having been through the court system previously for cruelty.
It’s scum low life who clearly should never have had horses in the first place and regrettably, according to the article, still has one!
Seems she was known in the area and hence her neighbours were already on watch and alerted the authorities REALLY quickly.
I trust the authorities, who acted incredibly efficiently on this occasion, manage to track her down quickly and call her to account with another trip to court and conviction for cruelty and causing suffering and that they remove her last remaining horse and institute a life time ban on keeping them.
If she’s plagued by a lifetime of misery and a chronic ulcerated mouth that prevents her from eating then I’ll be even happier.[/QUOTE]
Outstanding post!!!:yes:
You do know that she posts on this BB, right? In fact, apparently she’s at WEG while all this drama is happening at her home. Gotta wonder about her judgement. I’m shocked and saddened reading about this because I’ve “known” her on the various BBs for many years.
http://www.chronofhorse.com/forum/showthread.php?t=269559&highlight=pintopiaffe
Are you saying that the person who’s animals were taken, and who is the subject of the first post is Pintopiaffe, or is it another poster on the linked thread?
Just re-read the article/farm name…Guess so.
She posted about leaving them here-
http://www.chronofhorse.com/forum/showthread.php?t=273655
Sounds like they were left w/round bales, and cats got a bunch of food/water, and a house sitter was supposed to check on them daily. Maybe the house sitter hasn’t been showing up? In the pics I saw, the horses didn’t look skinny.
I am sad to say that the person, Jaeme Ahern, is, in fact, pintopiaffe. Owner of Trinity Brooke Farm, Dedham, Maine.
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I am sad to say that the person, Jaeme Ahern, is, in fact, pintopiaffe. Owner of Trinity Brooke Farm, Dedham, Maine.[/QUOTE]
I totally hadn’t put two and two together on this one :no::no:
oh dang. That’s bad form.
This is why I was confused: The first article I read mentioned nothing of the farm name, and referred to the owner as “Jean”…
Not that it matters really…
I was getting that sinking feeling…Now, I’m just a bit numb.
Having known this person on the web for years…I have to say I am waitng for her to chime in before I want to believe it.
Goodness knows I don’t WANT to believe it.
NJR
Editted to add that she does say in her prior post that she has a farm sitter coming in…Maybe they didn’t show up?
Editting also to say that J, you’ve got my e-mail if you it!
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