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  • #81
    I can't even look at the pictures.

    Just sent $50.

    Someone pet those ponies for me
    See those flying monkeys? They work for me.

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    • #82
      YAHHHHOOOOOOOO.

      nhwr.

      We're up to:

      <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>$605 from CoTH <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

      Ok. Looks like I have to go into FULL beg-a-thon mode here.

      This is sad. Yes, very very sad indeed.

      Ok. Here goes ....

      <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Offered, to the highest bidder (it goes on PayPal to the horses, obviously)

      A SIGNED FRAMED picture of Le Duc, WITH some mane hair from The first time he had his mane pulled! just before he had his first show.

      Yes, yes, I realize it's hard to believe I am offering this up for sale. But it's a worthy cause.

      Now, don't everyone rush to the phones to start the bidding. I know how valuable this is... I know you WANT TO BE THE ONE who gets this valuable prize.

      We're going to start the bidding right here, on this thread, right now.

      Opening bid is: $10. and this will expire at 1:00 pm. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


      Ready? Steady? Goooooooooo

      8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
      Sixteen Things That it Took Me over 50 Years to Learn       by Dave Barry
      KT
      P.S. The more people I know, the more I love my horse.
      "For God hates utterly
      The bray of bragging tongues."
      Sophocles, Antigone Spoken by the Leader of the Chorus of Theban Elders

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      • #83
        Dorina, the cradle robber, bids $25.
        See those flying monkeys? They work for me.

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        • #84
          I just saw this thread. How horrible! It makes me so mad.
          I just sent $25 via paypal.

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          • #85
            DORINA!!!!

            Whooo hooooo!

            We're up to:

            <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> $630 from CoTH.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

            8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
            Sixteen Things That it Took Me over 50 Years to Learn             by Dave Barry
            KT
            P.S. The more people I know, the more I love my horse.
            "For God hates utterly
            The bray of bragging tongues."
            Sophocles, Antigone Spoken by the Leader of the Chorus of Theban Elders

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            • #86
              I think you should interupt other topics, Oldenburg..... hijack them until you get to $1000 over here!

              The witchy witch witch of south central NC.
              The witchy witch witch of south central NC.

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              • #87
                Ok. THANKS FOZBEIN.

                Another Whoooopwhoooop whooop!

                <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>$655 from CoTH <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
                Sixteen Things That it Took Me over 50 Years to Learn                 by Dave Barry
                KT
                P.S. The more people I know, the more I love my horse.
                "For God hates utterly
                The bray of bragging tongues."
                Sophocles, Antigone Spoken by the Leader of the Chorus of Theban Elders

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                • #88
                  This from today's News & Record in Greensboro. The stable owner will be charged:

                  Stable owner faces 20 animal cruelty charges

                  3-23-04

                  By Mark Brumley Staff Writer
                  News & Record



                  ASHEBORO -- A stable owner whose 20 badly neglected horses were seized on Saturday was charged Monday with 20 counts of misdemeanor cruelty to animals, Randolph County officials said.

                  Timothy Larue Trotter of 5928 Poole Road in Archdale faces a maximum punishment of 120 days in jail for each charge if convicted, a magistrate said.

                  Authorities said they have not determined if any of the animals will have to be euthanized.

                  On Saturday, investigators found the horses standing in stalls in 2 feet of manure, according to a search warrant. Some of their hooves were so overgrown they couldn't walk on them. The pastures were bare, with no hay or feed for the animals. And their water was filthy.

                  MiMi Cooper, Randolph County's health director, said the horses are malnourished. She said 13 have serious problems with their hooves. Thrush, a fungal infection, was diagnosed in one horse, she said.

                  Health officials said they first encountered Trotter after a complaint more than a year ago. Cooper said she can't explain why his horses apparently fell through the cracks of the animal welfare system since then.

                  "I don't really have a good answer," Cooper said. "Had we known what the conditions were, we would have taken action a lot sooner."

                  Peggy Gray Furguson, Randolph County's volunteer animal cruelty investigator who made several visits to the farm after a second complaint last fall, has left the post.

                  Commissioners appointed Furguson in March 2002, but did not renew her appointment this month, the county manager's office reported. Cooper declined to say why.

                  A phone call to Furguson's home was not immediately returned Monday.

                  Before Furguson left March 12, she told health officials they might want to look into the Trotter case, Cooper said.

                  "As soon as we realized what the conditions were, we took action as fast as we could," Cooper said.

                  Trotter, the owner of the horses, offered no explanation on Saturday as authorities seized the animals, Cooper said. She said he was there Saturday with helpers to tend to the horses.

                  "It was a small effort way too late," Cooper said.

                  The horses were handed over to the N.C. Equine Rescue League, which helped confiscate them. The rescue league will try to nurse them back to health and find foster care for them. Cooper said a veterinarian caring for the horses will decide if any need to be euthanized.

                  Animal control got its first complaint about Trotter last year, according to an affidavit that Detective Brian Faircloth of the Randolph County Sheriff's Office filed to obtain the search warrant Friday from a magistrate.

                  The affidavit stated that health officials contacted Trotter on Feb. 6, 2003. They found about 17 horses, some with overgrown hooves. Six of the animals were in a barn in about 6 inches of manure.

                  Cooper said she, Furguson and a horse educator met with Trotter, who told them he would take better care of the animals.

                  But the affidavit stated that there was another complaint on Sept. 24. An investigator again found signs of neglect and spoke to Trotter, then returned to the farm on Oct. 16, Nov. 8 and Feb. 1.

                  Cooper said Furguson apparently made the visits, but, in her case notes, she reported no conditions as "appalling" as those found last week.

                  "In that period of time, there could have been some improvements, but not substantial improvements," Cooper said. "It's hard for me to say what she saw."

                  Cooper said animals could have been hidden from Furguson. She said officials who seized the horses found four they didn't know about in stalls in the barn's cellar.

                  "Those were some of the worst conditions," Cooper said.

                  The next visits to the farm came after Furguson left, on March 16 and 17. Cooper and Robyn Allison, the animal control supervisor, got the sheriff involved in the case Thursday.

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                  • #89
                    MAGNOLIA!

                    You are so naughty!

                    Don't tempt me like that!!!!

                    What about the auction going on ... for the picture (SIGNED NO LESS) of Le Duc!!!!

                    8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
                    Sixteen Things That it Took Me over 50 Years to Learn                     by Dave Barry
                    KT
                    P.S. The more people I know, the more I love my horse.
                    "For God hates utterly
                    The bray of bragging tongues."
                    Sophocles, Antigone Spoken by the Leader of the Chorus of Theban Elders

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                    • #90
                      <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by houndsears:
                      This from today's News & Record in Greensboro. The stable owner will be charged:

                      Stable owner faces 20 animal cruelty charges

                      3-23-04

                      By Mark Brumley Staff Writer
                      News & Record



                      ASHEBORO -- A stable owner whose 20 badly neglected horses were seized on Saturday was charged Monday with 20 counts of misdemeanor cruelty to animals, Randolph County officials said.

                      Timothy Larue Trotter of 5928 Poole Road in Archdale faces a maximum punishment of 120 days in jail for each charge if convicted, a magistrate said.

                      Authorities said they have not determined if any of the animals will have to be euthanized.

                      On Saturday, investigators found the horses standing in stalls in 2 feet of manure, according to a search warrant. Some of their hooves were so overgrown they couldn't walk on them. The pastures were bare, with no hay or feed for the animals. And their water was filthy.

                      MiMi Cooper, Randolph County's health director, said the horses are malnourished. She said 13 have serious problems with their hooves. Thrush, a fungal infection, was diagnosed in one horse, she said.

                      Health officials said they first encountered Trotter after a complaint more than a year ago. Cooper said she can't explain why his horses apparently fell through the cracks of the animal welfare system since then.

                      "I don't really have a good answer," Cooper said. "Had we known what the conditions were, we would have taken action a lot sooner."

                      Peggy Gray Furguson, Randolph County's volunteer animal cruelty investigator who made several visits to the farm after a second complaint last fall, has left the post.

                      Commissioners appointed Furguson in March 2002, but did not renew her appointment this month, the county manager's office reported. Cooper declined to say why.

                      A phone call to Furguson's home was not immediately returned Monday.

                      Before Furguson left March 12, she told health officials they might want to look into the Trotter case, Cooper said.

                      "As soon as we realized what the conditions were, we took action as fast as we could," Cooper said.

                      Trotter, the owner of the horses, offered no explanation on Saturday as authorities seized the animals, Cooper said. She said he was there Saturday with helpers to tend to the horses.

                      "It was a small effort way too late," Cooper said.

                      The horses were handed over to the N.C. Equine Rescue League, which helped confiscate them. The rescue league will try to nurse them back to health and find foster care for them. Cooper said a veterinarian caring for the horses will decide if any need to be euthanized.

                      Animal control got its first complaint about Trotter last year, according to an affidavit that Detective Brian Faircloth of the Randolph County Sheriff's Office filed to obtain the search warrant Friday from a magistrate.

                      The affidavit stated that health officials contacted Trotter on Feb. 6, 2003. They found about 17 horses, some with overgrown hooves. Six of the animals were in a barn in about 6 inches of manure.

                      Cooper said she, Furguson and a horse educator met with Trotter, who told them he would take better care of the animals.

                      But the affidavit stated that there was another complaint on Sept. 24. An investigator again found signs of neglect and spoke to Trotter, then returned to the farm on Oct. 16, Nov. 8 and Feb. 1.

                      Cooper said Furguson apparently made the visits, but, in her case notes, she reported no conditions as "appalling" as those found last week.

                      "In that period of time, there could have been some improvements, but not substantial improvements," Cooper said. "It's hard for me to say what she saw."

                      Cooper said animals could have been hidden from Furguson. She said officials who seized the horses found four they didn't know about in stalls in the barn's cellar.

                      "Those were some of the worst conditions," Cooper said.

                      The next visits to the farm came after Furguson left, on March 16 and 17. Cooper and Robyn Allison, the animal control supervisor, got the sheriff involved in the case Thursday.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


                      And the story just keeps getting worse!! What a great animal cruelty officer she should be brought up on charges. Those poor babies suffered for years makes me so ill.
                      NO HORSES TO SLAUGHTER CLIQUE
                      http://www.cafepress.com/maneshirts

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                      • #91
                        Yesterday, Tabasco and I sent in $25.00!

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                        • #92
                          I just talked to a guy from Premier Products and they have 112 tubes of Zimectrin that expires May/2004 that he is selling for $5.99 tube.

                          Premier Products

                          I'm going to buy some and have them sent to the rescue, but it's a good deal for those of you looking to donate.

                          My filly’s motto:“when in doubt, run yourself into a frenzy, and impale yourself on a gate.”
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                          • #93
                            What is going to happen to these horses?? The article says the ones who can be, will be rehabbed for foster care, but isn't foster care temporary? Will they eventually be available for adoption? Or will they go back to this horrible person at some point?

                            How does this work?? Anyone know?

                            ___________
                            He's not really a pony, and I'm really not "pony aged" either.
                            "One person's cowboy is another person's blooming idiot" -- katarine

                            Spay and neuter. Please.

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                            • #94
                              Ok. Guys ... Kb & Tabasco sent in $25 yesterday. That makes the total:

                              <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>$690 from CoTH <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                              8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
                              Sixteen Things That it Took Me over 50 Years to Learn                               by Dave Barry
                              KT
                              P.S. The more people I know, the more I love my horse.
                              "For God hates utterly
                              The bray of bragging tongues."
                              Sophocles, Antigone Spoken by the Leader of the Chorus of Theban Elders

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                              • #95
                                I just donated $10 and sent it snail-mail, but hopefully it will get there in a couple of days! I couldn't look at the pictures just hearing people describe them made me sob! I just thought of another idea for me, personally. Anytime I see a sale on basic needed items or yard sale halters or whatever, I'm going to start collecting them. I am horseless at the moment so I don't need anything at this time. Thanks everybody! Go COTH!!
                                Zetra

                                One must think when looking at a horse in motion, that it hears music inside its head.

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                                • #96
                                  <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by nhwr:
                                  Dorina, the cradle robber, bids $25.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                  What guys ... this is IT?

                                  ONE BID? I can't believe it!

                                  8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
                                  Sixteen Things That it Took Me over 50 Years to Learn                                   by Dave Barry
                                  KT
                                  P.S. The more people I know, the more I love my horse.
                                  "For God hates utterly
                                  The bray of bragging tongues."
                                  Sophocles, Antigone Spoken by the Leader of the Chorus of Theban Elders

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                                  • #97
                                    I sent $5 yesterday. I wish I could have sent more.

                                    _____________________________________
                                    Any coupon works! Beware of paper cuts!

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                                    • #98
                                      $10 from the Great White North

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                                      • #99
                                        $10 from me.

                                        www.shagya.com
                                        Sporthorses and OTTBs

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                                        • #100
                                          Yahoooooo.... guys, every little bit helps. Every single dollar.

                                          Remember, OneonOne ... you bought someone a bale and a half of hay!!!! Wow! That's great!

                                          Alice and Equestrielle ... you each bought a bag of Equine Senior. Yipeeeeee.

                                          ALl this stuff help a LOT. And it all adds up. One person's donation is no greater than another's. You're ALL wonnerful!

                                          <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>$630 from CoTH <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                          8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
                                          Sixteen Things That it Took Me over 50 Years to Learn                                           by Dave Barry
                                          KT
                                          P.S. The more people I know, the more I love my horse.
                                          "For God hates utterly
                                          The bray of bragging tongues."
                                          Sophocles, Antigone Spoken by the Leader of the Chorus of Theban Elders

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