I said I would not post again but feel a need to explain a few things.
There is a huge difference between impounding loose animals and seizure of ones entire farm including cats and dogs.
Its my opinion that these animals were taken illegally, not that they should not have been taken. If they were loose as suggested, then putting up a notice should not have been done at all. What, they couldnt have been hit in the 12 or 24 hour time period? They should have been impounded immediately for the safety of human and animal. Whether PP was home or at WEG. Impounding would mean she would face a fine for livestock at large, her fencing situation would have had to be rectified before return of said animals. The shelter law doesnt even come into effect here yet. Irreguardless of our opinions on shelter and what is and isnt necessary.
But, these animals were siezed. Huge difference. Siezure means that all the animals from her property must be removed, she may not own any more again. So, the old dog who was boarded will be taken from her. The kitties of which there was no issue shall be removed forever, her horses sold at public auction. There is no happy medium here. She is either charged with cruelty or not. That being very very broad. There is a pending case already, its public information. Its pending because it remains an open file. AC is not visiting PP on a regular basis. If you are reported, there is a file, simple.
There were and are many things that could be improved upon here for sure but…charges of cruelty??? The reason so many cases dont end up in a court of law, and they should is because one has to prove beyond a shadow of doubt that, cruelty, neglect, starvation etc. etc. is done intentionally. With the intent to cause harm or suffering to said animal. You wonder why horses with body scores of 3 or less result only in us finding a new home for the horse, well, cruelty is hard hard hard to prove and it doesnt exist here either. Impound the animals, the horses, yes. Make sure the necessary work is done, yes, have PP pay the costs involved in keeping her horses, yes, that is responsibility. Remove every animal she owns, charge her with cruelty, NO.
Logically, AC could not find water to water the animals. Should I assume that these horses have not had water since she went off the grid a year ago. There is a certain amount here, that we dont even need our eyes to see to figure out. The animals clearly have had food and water, there were none there thin or dehydrated. There wasnt a thing in the world wrong with a cat walking around the farm, why take that? AC overstepped its boundaries but I know from experience, once the ball is rolling, it cant be stopped. Now to justify what they have done, the only things posted are going to be negative. They cant afford this either.
I did this horrible horrible job far longer than I cared to. We made mistakes all the time but shut up since there was a much larger picture than the one at hand.
If there is one of us here who can say, our horses never got loose, even more than once or twice (escape artists expose yourself), one person who can honestly say, every single time they went to there horses trough or bucket, they always had water, nothing ever happened to change that. Never had a leak in your barn roof, darn my new one does. And, how many people here posted there horses got a lot less than adequate care while they were gone inspite of there best efforts. I can honestly tell you guys, there would have been reason to sieze everything I own then. Well, if AC got called in at the right time that is. This was all very convenient in my opinion.It was the answer to there problem but that doesnt make it right.
The issue here was the horses, but…they took everything because they were attempting a much larger charge than warranted. In fact, they havent even charged PP with anything at all. Public information guys.