I believe it’s because they are afraid he would still be a shedder of the disease. For instance, kids get strep throat and many are treated and fine, but some become carriers of the bacteria and will end up giving it to other children, even though they are symptom free and were given the proper antibiotics.
Have they tried shipping him to somewhere like Mexico or Brazil? Not ideal, and I know Shipping from Latin America can be even more of a pain quarantine wise, but at least they would get him out of 1k a day Quarantine?
See, other agents do that- this family needs to stop talking to their agents,all of them including the coach, and get an attorney. If you are reading- do that! I wonder if anything was written on this deal or if it all was on trust.
I agree. When I read that abstract I was a little floored. I didnt explore too many more so not sure if that was just in that population/study. But that sensitivity is super low.
Other countries would generally require that he have a valid health certificate dated within X number of days of import. The US would not be able to issue a health certificate and the original health certificate is too old for most countries to accept so sending the horse to another country for import probably isn’t an option.
“Returned goods” are usually handled a bit differently by the original exporting country. Most exporting countries do not require a new health certificate for a returned horse that has been refused clearance, but they will generally require quarantine upon return. It might be possible to return him to the exporting country because he was refused clearance by the US and has not left quarantine.
(Yes, I know that “returned goods” is primarily a duty issue but most countries also have slightly relaxed requirements for the return of refused animals as long as the animal remained in quarantine while on hold.)
I wish they would return him at this point. I know there is a chance he would be euthanized but I think it is pretty hopeless if he stays in US at this point.
At this point, I suspect they are planning on/have already abandoned the horse, and will just now fight attempts by Jet Pets or whoever to collect what is owed.
I agree. Facebook has also gone silent in terms of the trainer making public pleas for funds and pointing fingers.
Honestly… if this is how the situation ends, it seems pretty obvious from an earlier comment that Jet Pets saw this as a distinct possibility very early on, hence their offer to have the horse signed over to them WEEKS ago.
I find it frustrating that they begged the facebook world to get involved (the trainer specifically asked everyone to share), but now they are silent with no updates.
But the mom was regularly chiming in on FB??? I wonder if they are finally facing up to some hard decisions, and will resurface with an outcome. It is all very sad for the kid and the horse.
The mother was posting pretty liberally initially as well, trying to get attention and support from celebrities and the news media.
My suspicion? The father, who was the person who actually served for 30 years in the military (he retired last summer) had no idea they were posting this sort of stuff on social media. I’m actually surprised the trainer’s posts as well as the mother’s haven’t been taken down off Facebook already. People make mistakes and what is considered appropriate and inappropriate within military circles and military families might not be readily apparent to the general public. But the go fund me account and trainer’s posts are something everyone I know who has served in uniform would frown on. In a major way. And my husband would lose it, and be MORTIFIED and INCREDIBLY ANGRY if his service record was posted about and leveraged in this manner in connection with fundraising attempts related to a situation like this (I say this as the spouse of a retired service member).
I have never met a service member who would be okay with this behavior. Most people who use it as leverage are friends, family and spouses.
When I mentioned it earlier people could not wrap their heads around why it is NOT okay to bring up military service and stated that’s it’s somehow relevant and okay to mention.
Approx. a year ago when our colt was tied up in Miami quarantine for over a month, for the same reason, we reached out to the public for support the same way the trainer/family did- urgent posts on FB, a go fund me, called the local media, even started a thread on here…until Chapman Hopkins advised us it was in not in our best interest to do so… so everything was promptly removed and we went “social media silent” during negotiations, conferences and additional testing. When our horse finally tested negative on the CFt and got to come home, of course our facebooks were flooded with the expected thankful and relieved posts… but not until we knew the ordeal was over and the media posts weren’t negatively affecting our cause.
Could be something similar here.
“Nasty” in this context is calling the trainer’s FB output unprofessional (it is), and not getting onboard with vilifying USDA and Jet Pets. So I suppose most of this (quite educational and interesting) thread is “nasty”.
