I think she might be one of the happiest little mares in the world now!
Feb 02 2010
Back in July of 2008, I blogged about the amazing recovery of a little mare named Naysa from an attack so violent that I think the critter that did it should have just been shot immediately – and I don’t care if he walks on two legs.
This might be the toughest little mare in the world
The good news: Â Naysa is fine! Â Naysa is great, actually. Â The pic at left is from last week!
Naysa today at her wonderful home in Florida.
I don’t know which I love more, the pics of her cuddling with people or the pic of her with her own sleazy hood and blankie! Â You know she never lived that well in her life before this. I am happy just looking at those pictures! Â You can totally see that her faith in humans has been restored. Every kudo on earth to you, Jolee!
You guys know how often I talk about how everybody is right up there wanting to help a horse when the rescue is “fresh” and you get to be in the spotlight for doing it. Â But the real rescuers are the ones who are still just as committed to taking care of the horse a year, two years, ten years down the road. Â And that’s why I’m so delighted to be able to show you all of these new pics of Naysa — because this is a case where it was all done right. Â Habitat For Horses did it right in rescuing her and rehabbing her, then carefully selecting just the right home for her. Â Jolee has done it right in giving her a loving home from the day she brought her home, where she could learn to trust again and finally feel forever safe.
Now this is about as cute as it gets! Â And look at the size of that field that little miss Naysa has to play in!
I read something really stupid this week about how you should try to be nicer and more compassionate to avoid “rescuer burnout.” Â Screw THAT. Â I just need to look at things like this very happy ending to avoid feeling burned out and hopeless! Â Feeling hatred toward people like the asshat who did this helps keep me fired up and motivated and that’s a good thing!
So that brings me to the fly in the ointment, the one thing that keeps this from being a perfect rescue story:
The man who did this, Tony Meyers, aka evil incarnate, perpetrator of what is arguably one of the cruelest incidents of abuse toward a horse reported in recent years, has not been tried yet! Â Yes, I know. Â Our legal system at work. Â This bottom-feeding, knuckle-dragging waste of oxygen gets postponement after postponement. Â It is ridiculous, ludicrous, unacceptable and needs to stop.
So today, please take 15 minutes to write or call the prosecutor and demand that Tony Meyers be brought to justice. If you appreciate my blog at all, please do this one thing. I can’t deal with this maggot going unpunished one more year.
Assistant District Attorney Chester Cedars: Â ccedars@16jda.com or phone number:Â 337-394-2222
The Case No. to reference is 07-00009229Â (important – no one will know what you are talking about without it)
As always, be POLITE and RESPECTFUL. You are calling to ask when he will be going to trial, and want to share your opinion that he should receive the maximum penalty allowable by law. It is never okay to use profanity or get angry. You don’t want to sound crazier than the crazy person you are trying to have put away. Be calm, clear and have the facts ready to discuss. Please let me know what you are told in response. Thanks!
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Thanks for posting this fugs! I was thinking about Naysa the other day actually, wondering how she is doing! She looks great!
Agh, it brings a tear to my eye to look at her so happy and healthy. She’s beautiful! What a lucky mare, thank you Jolee!
OMG! Thanks so much for this update! I worried about this mare for months after this first happened….I think I even had a few nightmares about it. I will definately call or email the prosecuter on this one. It is amazing that a horse can be betrayed so bad by humans, and go on to trust again and be a loyal, useable horse. That just goes to show you what kind of mare Naysa is, which makes this crime all the more horrible! Tony Meyers is the scum of the earth and I hope he gets the book thrown at him. Although nothing short of tying barbed wire around his head, dragging him down the road, shooting him in the face, backing over him with a horse trailer, and leaving him in a mudhole to die would be good enough, in my opinion!
http://horsefilleddays.blogspot.com/
OT…please get the word out on Sterling Rachwell, Fond du Lac, WI. This man is a true monster.
Sorry, typo. “Rachwal”.
I know about it and will definitely cover it. Give me a few days to research properly, may not happen mid-week.
I was wondering if anyone had brought to your attention the situation in Ohio with the Arabian rescue. This women should be shot. Alot of information @ A black horse, but Toledo Blade and Sandusky Register have articles. The interesting thing is the women has a blog robinsword.com, definitely worth reading.
Yes, it’s been discussed quite a bit in the comments and I said, I could talk about it, but what could I say that would be new? Same old crap. The only question is, who covered for her? You cannot tell me no one ever came to that farm.
I’m speechless!
What a horrible, evil, disgusting waste of carbon and the fact that he still hasn’t been bought to justice is shameful beyond words.
I know sometimes it may be hard to convist people or make charges stick due to lack of evidence or mitigating circumstances but heck the evidence is clear, well documented and overwhelming so WHAT THE HELL
Cathy, thankyou for giving us a story that raises our opinion of humanity….for once!!!
BTW I just do not include that POS that did this to her in the title “humanity”.
I went again to the original site and looked at the pictures of her lying behind the trailer that he had tied her to…and run back over her with!!
I know we have all of us, at one time or another, stood beside a horse that would not load and thought “I could KILL her”
What is it that allows people to step over the line??
It is some form of madness, akin, I think , to the madness that allows a man to look at his daughter, all of eleven years old, and think “Wow, she’s HOT”.
The sort of madness that should carry the death penalty, IMO, as I am just fed up with paying for them to be kept alive, only to be released back into the community and do it again.
I know animal cruelty is never going to carry the death penalty, what I do not understand is how the people that call themselves the friends of these creatures, can bear to be near them.
How come they are not shunned???
I agree with you. There are some people who cannot be rehabilitated. They lack the internal controls the rest of us have. After all, who has not been frustrated with a horse who wouldn’t load (or wanted their boss or their spouse or whatever to explode in flames at a certain moment in time?) EVERYONE. But there’s this tiny sector of society that acts upon it, and after a pattern of horrifically violent behavior is established and you know that isn’t a single incident, I do believe they should be put to death for the safety and security of the rest of us.
How come they are not shunned???
Because the people he hangs around with probably don’t care that he tortured a horse. Some of them probably laughed about it.
Walking around the city yesterday I was thinking it would be helpful if people had little floating signs over their heads so you could identify their transgressions. Just the ones that have caused serious charm. Like, “I raped a woman”, or “my children went hungry while I smoked crack”, or “I tortured and ran over a horse because she wouldn’t load into a trailer”. That would help with the social retribution you’re demanding!
Imagine how much easier that would make DATING!
Nah, forget floaty signs, let’s just nail the things to their heads!!!!
I got to visit China once and there was a man standing in the median of a busy roadway holding a sign. Our guide explained that the sign he held named his crime and that he had to stand there as his punishment. I have thought many times that this would be a successful first punishment for many crimes. There’s something to be said for a little public humiliation. It is a good thing for people to know shame when it’s appropriate.
My friends and I speculated that the man’s sign read “I stole office supplies.”
heck yeah! Who care’s if that’s cruel or unusual, they broke the law!
I’m speechless!
What a horrible, evil, disgusting waste of carbon this monster is and the fact that he still hasn’t been bought to justice is shameful beyond words.
I know sometimes it may be hard to convict people or make charges stick due to lack of evidence or supposed mitigating circumstances but heck the evidence is clear, well documented and overwhelming so WHAT THE HELL is the problem is getting this shithead bottomfeeder put away? Even non-animal type folk would find this abhorrent in the extreme so why is he still at large?
**headondesk**
All those involved in her rescue deserve sainthoods, especially her foster mom Debbie and Jolee – well done ; )
Gives you warm fuzzies seeing her now and how happy she is and how her trust in humans has been restored by the angels caring for her.
email sent
What an outstanding story, thanks for sharing this. As with all animal abusers, my wish for Tony is that he someday gets the exact level of care and love that he gave his pets… I am off to send a letter to Chester in hopes that Tony can get that special care in prison.
The powers that be, should all wake the hell up..There is a fine line between animal abuse and abuse of fellow humans..Prosecute these people, incarcerate them, then when they are released, keep an eye on them. Bless everyone who helped this mare!
I want to kill him, in the most horrific, painful, tortuous way I can imagine, and thats pretty horrific, so I won’t describe it for you.
Yeah, I hear you. I doubt there are many here who wouldn’t like to take a whack at Tony. But we’re the good guys…we operate within the law, no matter what we’d LIKE to do, and the way to do that is to write a note or make a call today and ask for legal justice for Naysa.
Dear Fugly,
I too am a celebrity blogger. Though I haven’t reached your heights of fame yet, I am a mule and so I think that might count for something. I have never outed a scoundrel or rescued an auction horse, but I am in support of human helmetage, t-post caps, and regular hoof care. Would you have any interest in having reciprocal links to one another’s blogs?
http://www.BraysOfOurLives.com
I enjoy your work and I applaud your recent detective work on the Hercules effort. You clearly have the Muleness in you.
Yours,
Fenway Bartholomule
I usually tell everybody space costs money but, in this case, I might have to make an exception given that the “roach clip” post just make me snork black forest ice blended onto my desk. Love the blog!
I remember when this happened, and followed her story for a few months. It is so nice to see her happy, healthy, and LOVED! Kudos to those who helped save her life and didn’t give up on her!
What I don’t understand is that the bottomfeeder who did this to her has STILL not been to trial. Ugh. Off to write an e-mail.
http://www.wildponybeast.blogspot.com
It’s Louisiana, which needless to say is totally INFAMOUS for having a corrupt legal system. Look at the crap revealed by Hurricane Katrina. Still, that does not mean we should not try. I do NOT believe HUMANS are safe if this man is free. It takes a true sadist to do what he did – someone who ENJOYS causing pain.
Email sent, it’s really quite simple. I just put his name and case number in the subject line. The body was one sentance after a “Dear Sir” and signed Respectfully with full name. I couldn’t trust myself to write anything more. But if this is even a tiny part to get him to stand before the court it is worth it. Might be spitten in the wind but it sure felt good to send it off.
WHAT WONDERFUL PICTURES!!!! I too, have also wondered about this mare. Such an needed uplift. Her story was one of the first horrible ones I never forgot. Kudos to all involved in her recovery.
Off topic..
I want to say something to make people step up and DO THE RIGHT THING!!!!!
Yesterday, in tears I made the decision to put a mare I had down.
She was 5, YES 5 YEARS OLD!!!, She was 3/4 blind due to injuries as an older weanling or yearling.
She was registered, but had blahh blood lines, she was a run of the mill bay roan QH. She was sweet but
not rideable, and although breedable.. why, when there are so many others out there.
I put down a perfectly sound 5 yr old registered mare, she had a sprung rib, her jaw was mis aligned from the injury…I tried for 4 yrs to find her a home, I placed her in a homes 4 times and she came back to me.
I don’t breed.
I put down a mare that had been very dear to me.. but she only existed, she was low horse in the herd, no one wanted her. I board so it cost me to keep her and I couldn’t give her a lush pasture to just hang out it.
I did the responsible thing.
Please do the right thing too.
Carol
RIP Mia aka Shi bar doc Olena
I also put a horse to sleep 2 years ago who was losing the last of her sight. She was scared and panicky and it was the right thing to do. Kudos to you for doing likewise. A lot of people would run her through a sale. I have heard of numerous blind horses at auctions…that is just a special kind of evil, to do that.
Carol, never doubt that you did the right thing.
No horse has ever been hurt by dying in the arms of someone who loved it.
Even had there been nothing at all wrong with her, it is quite possible that putting her down, in this economy, would still have been the right thing to do.
Once an animal has gone from your care you are usually helpless to ensure it is safe, therefore, a quiet and dignified death is often the only way you can be sure they are never harmed.
You stepped up to the plate for this mare, so stop thinking of how “wrong” you were to put her down, and start thinking of how right (and good) you were to have given her four years of pain free, happy life!!
I noticed in your blog you state the suspect has not gone to trial, you do not say they are not prosecuting. Before jumping all over the DA’s office, you may want to consider another alternative that is keeping this case from going to trial, it is called the defense attorney.
Well, of course it is. Which is why the prosecutor needs to get more aggressive and stop letting it happen. He needs to make this a priority. You can’t tell me Tony has lawyer of the year. He probably has a public defender. If you can’t outmaneuver the typical public defender, you need to be replaced with someone more competent.
OT – About the legal system.
The prosecutor can’t stop defense delays; the decision comes from the judge. I wish there was a time limit. Sometimes delays are valid; the lawyer needs more time to track something or someone down (especially the lazy lawyers). Frequently, it is a tactic done in hopes of delaying the trial long enough that witnesses will disappear or die. Sometimes a person known to be guilty doesn’t get charged, because the DA knows there is not enough evidence to convict him. Add that to the good ole boy system in Louisiana, and…
As for the death penalty, I’m against it in most cases. I have my moral reasons, but the pragmatical one is that, because of all the automatic appeals (paid for by us taxpayers), and the higher costs of keeping a prisoner on death row, it costs a lot more to execute someone than to imprison them for life. (In California, it costs $90,000 extra to keep a prisoner on death row for a year – and that doesn’t include the cost of appeals.) It doesn’t work as a deterrent, either. The only real use that it has is to get someone to plead guilty in exchange for his life. (see http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penalty)
Just call me Joe Friday. (“Just the facts, ma’am.”)
Ruthie
Criminal is not my area of expertise, but while the judge makes the decision, I assume the prosecutor can submit papers requesting action as with other areas of the law? They are called the prosecutor for a reason…their job is to prosecute and push through the case to conclusion.
Unless there is some weird thing with LA law I’m unaware of, more could be done here.
Well, one thing to remember is that unlike every other state in the union, Louisiana’s court system is based on the Napoleonic system, NOT the Common Law system.
Good article here: http://www.slate.com/id/2126126
Basically, what it explains is that while in most of the country, rulings are based on similar cases that have come before, the judges in Louisiana go strictly by the letter of the law and take each case independent of other ones like it. So the prosecutors *could* be trying to get a firm enough case together to be able to firmly prove that what this guy did was illegal. I’m aware that article focuses on civil law, but how they treat criminal law isn’t much different.
-Cyg and Gryph
StPetersGal exactly. Hopefully the prosecution if getting their ducks in a row. Another very important thing to consider, if dirtbag is taken to trial and gets off, there is no double jeopardy. He cannot be re-tried except in the case of a mistrial. I would rather it drag on for a conviction, then get the show on the road for a not guilty verdict. Most prosecutors I know, would jump all over a defense attorney who is misfiling delays.
Et Tu? StPetersGal– do you have any personal experience upon which to base this comment: “Add that to the good ole boy system in Louisiana, and…”
Have you ever lived here? Ever visited here? Ever driven through the state? Flown over it? Just wondering about where you got the “facts” that you felt justified the above comment?
FYI– Louisiana sure doesn’t have a corner on the “good ole boy system” and I don’t think the “good ole boy system” here is any worse than it is any where else. There is ALWAYS an entrenched group of “elites” in any location– people who have been there forever, people with money, people who control the major employer– factory or mill, people who own the bank, etc.
I think some of you people have been watching too many movies or maybe too much “True Blood” on TV.
“The good ol’ boy” syndrome comes from small town America and basically in the south. I am from the north east where there are too many people for the people in law to over ride. I now live in a minute little town in the south and have seen first hand where that term originates. Every body knows every body else….and gets away with what ever shit they want to pull. Then denies everything in church on Sunday…
It’s just fucked up business sense.
Thank you, Elysian Fields Farm, I, too, get tired of the bad mouthing that the whole south takes. I have quit going to my church because some people came down to the great State of Florida to live, work, go to school, and couldn’t find one single nice thing to say about NW FLorida. We, in the south, do not have a corner on the inbred, white-trash, good old boys. You can find them in every political system in the country. You don’t have to throw a rock very far to hit one of them. And, look at Washington, D.C., now if that isn’t the biggest good old boy mess in the entire United States, I don’t know where one would be worse. I have family in Louisiana (Gonzales) and love my visits over there.
Lady, I don’t frequent the comments section of this forum, so I don’t know you from Eve. But let me tell you this – as a South Carolinian who grew up in Fugly’s neck of the woods, I can assure you that the good ol’ boy system is alive and well throughout not only the Deep South, but anywhere rural where country boys in authority gets palsy with one another. It’s just life. And in New Jersey, it’s called the mob. That said – one of my best friends is a lawyer in Louisiana. As a military brat she grew up all over, so she can judge Louisiana based on a wide ranging comparison. And her assessment is that YES, DUH, LOUISIANA IS CROOKED AS ALL GET OUT. Which, you know, everybody who lives in the US of A and spends 10 or more hours awake per day is well aware of. Stereotypes – they exist for a reason!
I too have followed this story since it happened. When I saw what this poor mare went through, I cried, no sobbed for her.
What a wonderful update. THANK YOU!
I sent a short email to the DA. I hope enough people email and call. If Tony Meyers doesn’t get it legally,well Karma is a bitch.
I can’t always send money to help rescued horses, but I can always send a letter ! I will let you know if I get a response.
Those pics brought tears to my eyes. Major props to Habit to Horses and Jolee for bringing that little mare back from death’s door and showing her that compassion and love still exist.
As for the waste of life who did this to her — while we all agree that no punishment that can legally be given to you would suffice, we’ve all got our fingers crossed that there’s an afterlife because you will then experience exactly what you put Naysa through — repeatedly!
I am off to write an e-mail and I encourage everyone else to do the same. Really, it takes all of a minute and is the least we can do to stand up for our four-legged friends. The squeeky wheel gets the grease, so let’s start squeeking!
http://www.dressagewannabes.blogspot.com
I emailed Chester Cedars this morning…. TY for letting me help!
Thanks for posting this. This mare deserves her horsey paradise! An e-mail sent to the DA, I can’t believe they let a character like Tony Meyers walk around. In this case I’d like to see an eye for an eye.
I had the opportunity to visit Naysa last summer while I visited family in Florida. She never looked better. She wanted nothing to do with me but that’s ok. I had 10 long months with her and 5 of them were up close and personal with long, gentle, slow tedious wound care that over time made her feel safe and most definitely loved. We never hit it off as partners like she did with Jolee. It was never intended that way. She knew why she was with me and what needed to be done to make her whole again. She allowed me to do things I never could have imagined trying on my own horses faces but then when they are hurt and sick they know they need help and you will provide as long as they cooperate. Funny how that is. It showes and showed a deep trust in me and that was and is very important with a patient this size. She has a wonderful home with a wonderful lifelong partner and I don;t think I could have done better. I think of her often. She taught me much and I am thankful we had the opportunity to learn more about horses for me and people for her. God blessed the 3 of us. Thanks Jolee for loving my wounded friend and completing her circle for her. She is a beautiful soul.
Oh I remember that story! That’s absolutely WONDERFUL to see how she has bounced back and found a trust and love in humans again.
I think it is absolutely amazing how well her face has healed. From the pictures, you couldn’t ever tell how severe those injuries to her head were. Incredible. She doesn’t even look like the same mare…I’m really touched by this story. It’s really brightened my day!
Just when I think people can’t get any more evil, something comes along to show me they can. Poor, poor little horse.
My spotted pony went blind. He knew his field and where his water and shelter were. He had a shetland companion and they would graze side by side. He would come flying down the hill when he heard me coming and I would have to shout and wave my arms like crazy so he wouldn’t run me over! After 23 years together I knew his every mood and I knew he was happy and bursting with health, but the day I saw him run into the fence and then stand looking scared and bewildered was the day I went straight home and called the vet. I still miss him, but he went peacefully, with the sun on his back and his family around him. How could anyone live with themselves if they do anything else?
OT, but here’s the most recent update on the Arabians rescued in Ohio:
http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/article/20100202/NEWS01/2020303/Horse-owner-charged-with-animal-cruelty
Also, if you would like to make a PayPal donation to the Humane Society: hsocpets@yahoo.com
I live right down the road from all of this so I’m going to go and try to help out later this week. I’m so happy to know that they’re all starting to improve!
Let’s form a lawless vigilante group, I’ll bring the barbed wire (here in Mt. I think it breeds), someone else can bring a horse trailer, I could probably gather a nice rifle, and lets go get this piece of shit. We can call ourselves Kharma…In the meantime, I think I will compose a nice email. Aren’t there biker gangs just looking for people like this SOB to really fuck up??
I understand exactly how you feel but at the same time: standard disclaimer applies, I absolutely do not wish to endorse or encourage violence here, no matter HOW deserved.
Has anyone called and been told anything about the status of the case yet?
Hi thank you for your posting. Its a nice topic which she has wrote.
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I am unutterably happy to see this update. So grateful to everyone who helped rehab her and Jolee for giving her such a wonderful new life!
Got a letter off to the DA hope it helps!
Fugs, Thank you for collecting the information for us so that I could email the Louisiana ADA about this case. I sent two separate emails, one from my personal address and one from work here at the University, both were professional and respectful. I hope this effort has some consequences.
I don’t comment very often……..and to be honest I did not know about this little mare or her story.
I am so glad you posted this for those of us that can’t keep up with all the rescue stories, I have e-mailed and called I also sent your link to this blog and this story to folks I know who don’t read it…….this excuse for a human needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent possible!
I do hope many, many, many, folks call to help get this guy what he deserves, although it won’t be anything in comparison to what he did to that little mare!
I am so thrilled she’s safe and happy in a forever home…….peace and love be with her forever!
Email sent!
Email sent at 9:30 a.m. CST…no reply yet.
I called. The clerk told me it was a felony, not a misdemeanor case so not her office and transferred me to another clerk. This clerk said she was familiar with the case and her boss was on it. I gave her my opinion about Meyers and said that people who are that cruel to animals are a danger to people as well. I asked her if her boss, the DA, was a bulldog, because I wanted Tony Meyers prosecuted to the full extent possible. She said the DA was very aggressive, and she would pass on my message immediately. I have hope.
I wish I could login to their site to see the case history and dates of any upcoming hearings but I think they only give logins out to Louisiana law offices. Anybody know someone who is a Louisiana attorney and can take a look?
It doesn’t say how to register. If it was just a matter of paying for the access, I’d be in already.
http://98.191.71.7/verdict/Login.asp
My boyfriend works for a law office and he might have access to their database… However he might get in trouble for using business resources for non-work-related things. I’ll ask him about it tonight.
I wasn’t even going to bother posting but: Give me a break, Fugly– Like Louisiana is sooo much worse of a place than any other state– Hey, get off your high horse– we don’t have New Holland here or Sugarcreek or, Columbia Basin Equine rescue or or Three-Strikes Ranch– I could go on and on–
How dare you try to blacken the name of all Louisianans because of this one person. How many horses have been starved, maimed or even killed (sent to slaughter) through the offices of CBER or Dean Solomon? What about all those horses at the so-called Nevada rescue? I didn’t see you posting about how very bad Washington State or Nevada is because of what happend to horses in those states. Oh, don’t forget all those rich horse-racing people in the Northeast with their starved and neglected TBs that they tried to dump at the auctions.
For the record- Louisiana is NO more corrupt than Washington, D.C, which I’m sure has more corrupt politicians than any place in the US — that being because there are just so many of them there– a population of more polititians per square mile than anywhere else in the country. . . . there’s bound to be more corrupt ones just by the law of averages.
Oh, I guess it’s okay to bash Louisiana– after all it’s in the South, the people here must all ignorant and backward rednecks or Cajuns to live there, they keep alligators as yard pets, and they all have to use boats to go to the Wal-Mart. —- NOT!!!!
Just remember it was people from Louisiana who stopped Naysa’s abuser from killing her and driving off in the first place!!!
Uh, seriously, are you off your meds?
I said that Louisiana’s law enforcement/legal system is KNOWN to be corrupt.
It is.
“Last year, as the 19th in size of our 56 field offices, the FBI in Louisiana was 10th in public corruption indictments with 24, and number 6 in public corruption convictions. Public corruption in Louisiana has been described to me as epidemic, endemic, and entrenched. No branch of government is exempt.”
That is from the FBI’s web site. Do you think they are being big meanies and picking on Louisiana?
http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/speeches/reigel033004.htm
I could post MANY more links.
FYI I don’t meds, and dont need them.
I guess you just assumed I did because I live in Louisiana. I’m tired of Louisiana getting dumped on and treated
like the red-haired step child by people from other states, and the Federal Government. I will note that we were not number one in corruption so there must be other states with more corruption, so they would be be even more “totally IMFAMOUS for having a corrupt legal system” than us. I wonder which states those are?
And for the record, this is what you wrote:
“It’s Louisiana, which needless to say is totally INFAMOUS for having a corrupt legal system. Look at the crap revealed by Hurricane Katrina. ”
Anyway, what made you jump to the conclusion that this case was taking so long because of some kind of corruption? Louisiana is still trying to recover from Hurricane Katrina, and it is not a high income state. The court system is overwhelmed and under-funded in general here. I think your corruption remark was uncalled for, and you owe us an apology.
And as for the FBI or any other branch of the Federal Government– after how slow the Feds were to respond to our emergency down here during Katrina– nothing they could say would hold much water with me– no pun intended.
Regarding your remark about what Hurricane Katrina revealed — well – were you talking about the general indifference of the head of FEMA (a Federal agency) toward the thousands stranded in attics, on roofs or on the interstate without food, water, etc. for DAYS in 90 degree heat? Were you talking about the apparent inaction of a Republican-controlled Federal government to a crisis in a state with a Democratic majority and a Democratic governor? Were you talking about the attempted federalization of our state militia? Were you talking about how the Feds had sent most of our Louisiana National Guard and its equipment over to serve in Iraq so it couldn’t be of help here if needed, even though we were in the height of hurricane season? Are you talking about how Mississippi, a state with a Rebublican governor at the time received more in per-capitia Federal aid, than did Louisiana?
I would also point out that New Orleans flooded partially because one of the levees failed when a surge of water made possible by the US Army Corps of Engineers’ MR. Go (Mississippi River Gulf Outlet) project hit it. Again– something that resulted from a Federal project– not local corruption.
The facts are that the mare in question was in intensive care, and apparently cared for by a Louisiana vet for nearly 10 days before she was “rescued” by Habitat– which responded to a call asking for help (presumably made by someone in Louisiana.) That info, Fugly, was part of the original info on Habitat’s site
And as for the Louisiana DA (actually the St. Martin Parish DA, I believe)– well he has already done something- Meyers was originally arrested on a simple cruelty charge, I believe. The DA, after investigation, revised to charge to felony level animal cruelty.
And, FYI -the laws in Louisiana ARE different than most of the other states, which base their laws on English Common Law. Louisiana, because it was a French and Spanish colony, has a Civil Law system based on the Spanish Civil Code and the Napoleonic Code of France.
But even here, people are presumed innocent until proved guilty even if we have a legal system that is “imfamous” for being corrupt, in your opinion. By the way, were any of the principals who ran CBER ever arrested or charged with any illegal activities?? I know you sure listed plenty of things that sounded as if they might not be legal activities that you laid at the doorstep of the head honchette. At least Tony Meyers actually was arrested and charged for his alleged cruelty.
One thing the St. Martin DA got right- He was quoted as saying that Myers didn’t just greviously injure that poor mare — he said that all of the good people of Breaux Bridge and the rest of the state were injured by his actions — your unfounded remarks about Louisiana and him (he is not aggressive enough) simply prove his point.
Good grief!
I never bashed the whole state or the people living in it. Obviously, there are some fine people living in it as there are fine people living in EVERY state, hell, EVERY COUNTRY.
I merely said, which is easily supported with minimal research, that Louisiana had one of the most corrupt law enforcement/legal systems in the country. FACT. Do I need to write a paper on it for you?
If you told me right now that California had the most druggies in the country, I’d laugh because it’s probably true! I don’t take comments about where I live as personal insult. That’s ridiculous, because obviously, THERE IS A LOT TO MAKE FUN OF AND CRITICIZE IN EVERY STATE.
Not everything is about you and the drama level here is getting old.
Amen to that. Yeesh. It wasn’t a personal insult.
Methinks EF needs to go over the virtual Rainbow Bridge to frolic in the Elysian Fields and trouble us no more.
P.S. I AM on drugs – they keep me from throwing myself in front of a train, so don’t knock ‘em. After 44 years of struggling, I’m actually living a life. That said, I often use expressions like “you must be off your meds”, or “I may be on drugs, but… Oh yeah, I AM on drugs!”. People take stuff WAY too personally, as EF has so obligingly demonstrated. As my Scottish granny used to say, “Dinna fash yeself” (e.g. “Don’t worry, be happy”).
I don’t think Fugs meant you might be on meds because you are from LA. It was more in reference to you blowing your gasket and getting your panties in a bunch over a statement she made in which you misinterpreted. Go refill your Vallium…I hear they help.
ok, sent an e-mail to cedars. hope the added interest in this case from us fuglites helps to bring it to a just end.
as usual, fugs, thanks for bettering the lives of our beloved horses through your vigilance.
Jolee, is from our part of the world. She recently made a huge donation (for us anyway) of a horse barn cart to be auctioned at the local veterinarian’s Christmas Party. She is one incredibly caring lady. We are so happy to have her and her new barn in FL. Santa Rosa Horse Assistance Council, Inc. thanks Jolee for her caring for the horses in Santa Rosa County.
I feel like I’ve been hit with a lightning bolt. In a good way, if there is such a thing.
When this story broke, we had a very tiny, quality breeding program. Handled the foals daily, registered them of course, gently shaped their minds, and were very picky who they sold to, with good contracts. As I stated in another post, we produced 4 foals, 3 of them are in performance homes, and we have the 4th who is currently in training.
This story horrified me so badly that I knew that no matter how careful we were, one of our babies could end up like Naysa. One bad day, a clumsy step, a lost job, an injury… just because we had a buyback clause and did everything we could to prepare our foals to be willing and trustworthy… this could happen.
We shut it down. We don’t breed anymore. Will we ever? I’m not sure about the future because it is getting harder to find a nice, conformationally correct horse, well trained, with a great mind and sound… but for now and at least the next couple of years, no.
Thank you for posting this update. It’s better than I ever dreamed for her. There are angels in the world…
… and not enouogh hell in this world for the fucker that did that to her….
horsegal85-i find your comment particularly interesting, because we have came to the same conclusion! i’m not sure when exactly it hit me, but the horrors exposed by this blog have shut own my breeding program. we have 9 horses, 3 more than i would like to own really, but they are here to stay. 4 are over 22 and we have a horse loving daughter to inherit the rest if/when needed. the story of naysa was one that i had my husband read and he was suddenly in agreement to stop all breeding and sales. even breeding and selling 1 or 2 foals a year seemed an awful risk, if i ever do breed again it will be for a foal to keep and i don’t see that in the near future. i only wish these stories affected the bybs and mass producers the same way.
Hey Fugs, hope you don’t mind if this gets posted here, there’s a chance it’s all a hoax but I’d rather post a fake story than not post it and find out a bunch of horses died. All I know is these horses are in Va, supposedly near Richmond.
REPOSTING: Horses FREE to Good Homes – 20 Hanoverians need homes. Of these, three are broodmares, the oldest is 12, all due to foal next month to the TB stallion Salute. Also 6 month old foals, all halter broke, very well taken care of and in good condition. The owner plans to euthanize any she can’t get rid of in the …next 30 days. Amanda’s number is: 703-929-1296. Tell her you saw this on Shelley Dull’s status
Holy crap. Can we get pics and details?
I am in VA. I googled the phone number to see what might come up and it shows that Amanda is Amanda P. Jones and is a Realtor with Long and Foster out of Falls Church, VA. Her picture shows quite a young thang. I’m on the southern part of the state so of little help beyond this info…which ain’t much, I know. Sorry. I have not heard anything, or did I on Craigslist???? I will have to do a little digging. Seems I do remember reading some sort of shit on there not too long ago.
There is a blog on Chronicle of the Horse forum at :
http://www.chronofhorse.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4658736
discussing this very thing with these horses. I did not read it so…
What happened to her in the first place? I tryed to find out on the origional page and video, but it said that the video had been removed.
Gatlin, I couldn’t get the video to work either, but you can click on “This might be the toughest mare…” highlighted at the top of this page, and then at the next page, click on “More of her story on the Habitat For Horses web site (text and pictures).” The posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
She looks AWESOME !
About the guy- I call these types of people SLINKYS . They aren’t worth anything but it makes you smile when you push them down the stairs.
“Slinkys”…ROFL! Thanks for making me laugh, sassysmom!
Aww. I’ve followed her since the beginning. She’s a great little girl; she’s got such a life ahead of her now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WrFRx2QwQU
E-mailing now
What a wondeful end to a truly horrifying story! It is unimaginable that someone would do this to an animal. Thank God for people like Habitat for Horses and Jolee for helping these poor horses.
I sent this yesterday:
Dear Assistant District Attorney Chester Cedars:
I am writing to find out when the trial of Tony Meyers for animal cruelty is supposed to take place.
The crimes of which Mr. Meyers is accused are very serious and troubling in nature. The horse’s injuries from his brutal cruelty are documented in these photographs:
http://www.habitatforhorses.org/whatsnew/lamarepics.html. The horse was dragged behind a trailer, shot in the face, and had its face wrapped with barbed wire. A trailer was permitted to back over it after it was dragged.
These are not the actions of a person I want wandering the streets, anywhere.
Cruelty to animals, while often underreported and underprosecuted in every state, is a serious crime with serious consequences not just for animal welfare, but for human welfare. It is well known and documented that many who are cruel to animals go on to harm humans as well. Tolerating brutal treatment of animals is a mark of a brutal and uncivilized political order.
You can demonstrate that these crimes are not ignored in your jurisdiction by trying this case as soon as possible, and accepting no further delay. Additionally, I encourage you to prosecute this man to the fullest extent of the law.
I am a resident of Maryland, but I heard of this case because the internet has a wide reach. If I am aware of this, you can bet that many citizens of Louisiana are as well. Please do the right thing and nail this miscreant to the wall. We will know if you let him wiggle away, and we will make sure that your bosses and your voters know too.
Thank you for your time and attention.
Lori Brown
This is the e-mail I sent Chester:
Dear Mr. Cedars,
I am writing you today in regards to Case # 07-00009229.
Although this heinous crime was committed in 2007, the perpetrator, Tony Meyers, has not yet had his day in court. This is a travesty. Not just for the mare he appallingly attacked, but for all those intervening years of freedom wherein Meyers was at large in the general public.
While I am sure you are familiar with the connection between animal cruelty and violent crime, let me refresh your memory with some facts.
In addition to FBI records showing that the majority of serial killers had abused animals in childhood or adolescence, other studies have found that:
23% of those arrested in Chicago on animal abuse charges were subsequently arrested for felony offenses.
35% of Chicago search warrants for dogfighting or other animal abuse led to weapons and narcotics seizures.
70% of Massachusetts animal abusers also had a history of violent crime, drug abuse, and other problems.
70% of those charged with animal cruelty in Winnipeg, Canada, had a history of violent behaviour, and some had even committed homicides.
82% of those arrested for abusing animals in Chicago had prior convictions for weapons offenses, battery, or drugs.
100% of those who committed sexual homicides in Sydney, Australia, had a self-reported history of cruelty to animals.
Chances are Tony Meyers is not just a menace to horses who refuse to load onto a trailer. Chances are, this man is a menace to everyone in his community.
Please do the right thing and get this man in court.
Email sent. I hope this DB gets his.
I called the local news affiliate who’s run Meyers story before and strongly urged they run an update about how ‘slippery’ he is.
I’m also going to send a letter (signature confirmation) to the DA/PA probably tomorrow, think I already missed the post office today (they’re doing some goofy half-day/furloghs, really sucks).
Also, if anyone has the patience to deal with the court system, Freedom of Information Act’ing the court records about the case (assuming they haven’t been sealed) can sometimes ‘wake up’ the system and let them know that people are interested in the case.
Along the lines of animal abuse/violence toward people is one of today’s headlines at :
“Slain Ariz. officer mourned; new suspect details
Published – Feb 03 2010 12:26PM PST By AMANDA LEE MYERS – Associated Press Writer
“PHOENIX— As family, friends and hundreds of Arizona police officers mourned a Gilbert lieutenant who was gunned down during a traffic stop, a court document released Wednesday paints the suspect in his killing as violent and increasingly distrustful of police.
“Lt. Eric Shuhandler, 42, was shot in the head Thursday night after he pulled over two men for having a partially covered license plate, police said. Christopher Angel Redondo, 35, of Globe, is facing a first-degree murder charge in the killing…. …After being released in June 2008 from a four-year term in an Arizona prison for aggravated assault and related charges, Redondo became more and more angry and distrustful of police, and showed violent tendencies, particularly to animals, according to a probable-cause statement released Wednesday…”
The website didn’t show up in post above. Again, it should be http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article/rr/1110/10244001/Slain_Ariz_officer_mourned_new_suspect_details.
Oh, I’m so glad that mare got a Happy Ending. No one deserves it more than her. The second photo actually got me teary.
That slimeball who hurt her needs to pay. >:|
Re: the Louisiana issue. Out of morbid curiosity, I skipped over to http://www.pet-abuse.com (an instant downer for ya) and did a quick ass-count. Out of the 368 animal cruelty cases listed on the site, there were 32 recorded convictions. Now, while I have neither the time nor the patience to tally every abuse case in every county in every state, I am willing to bet that that’s a pretty sorry success rate.
For comparison, though, I did do the count in my own state, Washington, and found that out of 262 reported cases, we have 68 convictions. Still pretty pathetic, I know, but it is more than twice the number of convictions, and WA has 106 less reported cases.
It’s also interesting – I noticed that the vast majority of convictions in Louisiana are for mass abuse, like puppy mills, hoarders, and dog fighting rings. There weren’t that many convictions for individual cases.
Poor Naysa has a particularly horrific tale, though, so let’s hope she gets her justice.
Not that she cares either way, of course. She’s probably too busy thinking about pets and treats and pastures full of grass, the lucky girl.
I do hope the scumbag gets what’s coming to him. I am composing a letter right now.
I should clarify. Out of the 368 cases listed on the site for the state of Louisiana, there were 32 recorded convictions. If only there were only 368 cases in the whole country. It would be moderately less depressing than the thousands and thousands we really have.
FYI all you Fuglies–Tony Meyers’ case is scheduled for March 29 in district court. His case has been on the docket several times, but several continuances have been granted mostly at the request of his attorney. It took me one phone call to the DA’s office and about 5 minutes of my time to get this info.
Great. How much should we bet he gets another continuance? This happened in 2008. 2008! This waste of space should have been thrown in prison a long time ago. I don’t care why he hasn’t been tried yet, the fact remains that he hasn’t. Justice at its finest.
On another note, what a beautiful little mare. She looks amazing, and has such a cute face. I love happy endings, and if anyone deserved one, this mare was it.
Heartwarming news about the mare Naysa. I believe that life unfolds as it’s meant to, as painful and unfair as that may be at times. So, some food for thought. Inspite of the horrendous cruelty and abuse she suffered, she is now safe, healthy and loved. Where would she be now if she had loaded into the trailer.
I love this miracle story. I have a Habitat horse who also has the occasional bad day. This story reminds me that my girl has a past, too, and that I must forgive her seventy times seven times (and then some). What an inspiration.
This just in– File under “The wheels of justice grind exceedingly slow, but grind exceedingly fine.” — or something like that.
“Michael Lohnes, 26, was sentenced to seven years in prison for killing Feathers’ horse named Skye almost two years ago. Police said Lohnes broke into his cousin’s barn where Feathers rented a stable and stabbed her horse almost 20 times. Lohnes, who did not know Feathers, told police last month he killed the horse to get back at his family.”
Well, here is one sicko who got his day in court — and got seven years (the max allowed) for KILLING a horse that belonged to someone he didn’t even know because he was angry at his own family member who owned the barn where the poor mare was boarded.
After dancing the DA and his own attorney around for a couple of years. Lohnes pled guilty (finally) and the judge gave him the max alowed on the charge that was filed. It is interesting to note that the DA had threatened him with additional charges that could have run his time up to 15 years, if a judge had decided for the sentences to run back-to-back– but these additional charges were not filed because he pled out. He was set for trial Feb. 22.
Hooray for the judge who gave the max allowed!!! Of course, this brings some, but I’m sure not enough, satisfactrion to Skye’s owner who had worked hard to return this rescued horse to health– only to see her life end so horribly.
The pictures on the website of the animal welfare group that followed this thing are horrific– and they factually present the last sight of her beloved mare that Ms. Feather’s endured.
Yes, Naysa is a very lucky and blessed horse indeed– one look at photos of Skye’s body would convince anyone of that.
I hope the St. Martin DA’s office makes Meyer’s attorney aware of the outcome of this case — maybe they’ll offer a deal and he’ll decide to plead guilty.
Just a note, I sent an email. I may be from Canada… but I just didn’t tell Chester that…