Posts Tagged ‘good rescues’
What a…nah, too easy!
UPDATE: Â I just got the scoop on Ms. Dicke’s previous criminal and civil record. Â As my source noted, “Teresa Dicke is the scum that we think she is.”
She has multiple civil contract (small claims) judgments against her [Valley Credit; Quik Check; Wood Products Credit Union; Capital One; Credit Services of Oregon], most recently in 2008, and multiple criminal priors (mainly felonies – drugs, DUI’s mostly) – and endangerment of a minor.
OF COURSE SHE DOES. Â Because I’m telling you, it’s very rare that clean, sober, law-abiding good parents starve their animals nearly to death. Â Excuse me while I stereotype (accurately!) but how many times have we seen this? Â Drunk, worthless druggies whose animals and kids suffer until they get taken away and someone else has to clean up the mess. Â What else is old?
Here it is – the names you’ve all been waiting for!
Rescuers want to legislate horse sense
Yes, for those of you who have been dying to know, the women who starved Grace are Teresa Dicke and Linda Sessenden, both of Winston, Oregon. They claim to be co-owners but Teresa is the one who physically had the horse, in her backyard.
As far as I am concerned, they are not innocent until proven guilty. The case has already been proven by Grace’s astounding recovery in Darla Clark’s care. Clearly, Grace had NOTHING physically wrong with her preventing her from being at a normal, healthy weight. Teresa just let her starve nearly to death and did not lift one of her worthless fingers to help her.  How do you watch that in your yard? They had to see her every day. Seriously, WHAT THE FUCK is wrong with you that you can watch something slowly dying and do NOTHING?
(Oh and now she is going to plead not guilty. I can’t wait to hear what the judge has to say about that after seeing all of these pictures! See, it is very simple. No excuse she gives CAN hold up when the horse is so markedly improved in a lousy two month period of time, with NO special care. It’s not like Grace was ill and needed meds. Darla has ONLY FED HER.)
Well, apparently while the horse was starving, Teresa’s husband, Merlin, was fucking around learning about wine.  Note the date on the article.  This is exactly what he was doing while a horse starved nearly to death in his yard. Awesome.  At least Merlin admits to his limitations, saying “I’m not the brightest penny in the purse.” Well, sir, it’s good to be self-aware but I don’t know how bright you need to be to recognize that a horse is not supposed to resemble a fucking hatrack. Beats me why you are not being charged, too. You lived there. You own the property.  You married the poster girl for animal neglect. I think you ought to have some charges brought against you, too!
You can ask that Dicke be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law by calling Rick Wesenberg, Douglas County District Attorney, at 541-440-4388. As always, be polite, succinct and sane on the phone.
And an update showing her progress, from last month
Grace today — within striking distance of normal weight. Bear in mind this is only 2 months post-rescue. If you like to donate to rescues that actually do the work, I highly recommend Strawberry Mountain Mustangs.
A Sad Day for Horse Rescue
I woke up this morning and read Facebook as always while walking the dog (a practice that has already resulted in walking into a tree once and scraping my face, yet I continue it) and was so sad to see that we lost Tony Curtis early this morning.
While most of the world knew Tony as a famous movie star, those of us with horses knew him from his work with Shiloh Horse Rescue. Tony and his wife Jill have helped hundreds of horses find new homes. They rescued from the feedlot in Fallon, Nevada, but unlike the “feedlot rescues” that won’t even take a horse off the lot until it is fully paid for, and then flip it without paying for so much as a hoof trim, Tony and Jill have always made sure their horses got all of their vet and farrier care, got fattened up to proper weight and got evaluated under saddle, and sometimes trained, before even being offered to the public. If they are old and toothless, they don’t have to find another home. They get to sit at Shiloh, get fat and eat warm mush until it is their time to go.
This is rescue done right, and I’ve always been grateful that someone as successful as Tony chose to spend his money helping horses. His generosity saved so many lives, and that to me is an even more impressive legacy than his film career. My sympathies go out to Jill and the rest of his family today. I know that even though he is gone, Shiloh will continue helping horses. What a wonderful way to go out — leaving behind an organization that will continue to save lives for many years into the future. You cannot ask for a more successful conclusion to your life.
This is my very favorite Shiloh horse, Melvyn. Melvyn was nearly dead when they found him.
Here he is today.
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Ready, Set…Grace update!!!
 
Here’s another cutie that needs a home – Prince Oliver at Mid-Atlantic Horse Rescue. I think he is adorable and am surprised he hasn’t gone home yet, especially given his affordable adoption fee of only $1200. If you are in the Maryland area, check him out!Â
Something is rotten in the state of Florida!
No felony charges for this?
“They say he was the likely victim of animal cruelty by his owners, DeFuniak Springs residents Nicholas and Jessica Sconiers.
Jessica Sconiers also happens to work at the courthouse.”
NO REALLY???? OMG. Can you say “good old boys protecting their own?” I knew you could! Good grief, what a crock of crap.Â
Also from the article:Â “But in a court of law, the difference between animal cruelty felony charges and misdemeanor charges is based on intent.”
And there you go, folks. That’s why I don’t feel any sympathy toward abusers, neglecters and slaughter-dumpers who cry and claim to feel bad. Sorry for those of you who want to believe the best about people, but 99% of them are crying because they got caught. They are crying not for the horses but for themselves. They are crying on cue like a soap actress when the director yells action. I bet this bitch who starved the mini can bawl a river, especially when she is in court. It’s time everybody stopped falling for it, particularly our legal system. I do not care how bad you feel, even if it is genuine, it is not as bad as that horse pictured above feels. And you’d better believe 100% of my sympathy is for him. You work at the damn courthouse, you are NOT illiterate, you HAVE a Facebook, you KNEW how to find information about how to properly feed a horse! You have NO excuse. You can’t even claim unemployment and poverty! YOU HAVE A JOB!Â
Here is the web site for Alaqua Animal Refuge if you would like to help. My understanding is the little guy is doing well. Of course, tests showed there was no medical reason for his condition. Well, duh.
And now for a happy ending – Gentry is an eight year old Saddlebred gelding that got brain-fried by some show barn and dumped on the feedlot. When Shiloh got him, he was terrified of people and would not go forward under saddle. Look at him now!
This is what is meant by a happy accident!
Horses That Survived Accident Won’t Be Going to Slaughter
When we see a wreck like that one, it’s so easy to focus on the 13 that died and think of what a horrible accident it was and how much the horses suffered. But 30 would have died if that truck hadn’t gone off the road. I’m one of those people who thinks everything happens for a reason, and now I hope those horses are able to go forward, find good homes and be living examples of the kind of sweet, wonderful horses that go to Mexico and Canada every day because people wanted them to just go away and didn’t want to put any more effort into it than taking them to the nearest auction. Well, these did not go away. I hope some of their former owners are looking at the pictures online and feeling the shame they deserve to feel. Maybe next time they will put a little more effort into rehoming horses that do not work out for them.Â
And I hope that old Palomino mare gets a positively fabulous home. There’s nothing I’d like better than to see her fat and happy, living in luxury. Maybe one of you can make it happen for her or one of the others – more information is here.
