Brian Travis invaded by bureaucrats

[AntonLee]

The seized horses are in the protective custody of the NHSPCA, but their location is not being disclosed.

then lets disclose it for them.

[Kat Kanning]

Perhaps someone should assemble all these news links and other info in one place. Oh, lookie here:—

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  Have you seen Yes Men? 

[coffeeseven]

We need an equine sovereignty officer? What do we need to do to get proactive on this? Shelters to start?

[Free libertarian]

 WE must have horse vaccinations, licenses etc because everybody knows that's what was done the first several thousand years horses were used by mankind. Oh wait sorry, never mind. 

I'll shamelessly use this thread to plug NONAIS.  Horse bureaucracy isn't all there is folks. "They" want to
control all the farm critters.  Been fighting that battle for a few years now. National Animal I.D. or NAIS...coming soon.  Go to NONAIS and check it out for info. Okay we return to our regular programming now, back to bitching about this incident.  Thanks.

[erisian]

So the NHSPCA took 12 horses which are, according to the state, since they don't have health certificates, possibly infected with a deadly contagious disease, and transported them to other horse farms. That's worse than stupid.

[Kat Kanning]

So the NHSPCA took 12 horses which are, according to the state, since they don't have health certificates, possibly infected with a deadly contagious disease, and transported them to other horse farms. That's worse than stupid.

LOL

[coffeeseven]

So the NHSPCA took 12 horses which are, according to the state, since they don't have health certificates, possibly infected with a deadly contagious disease, and transported them to other horse farms. That's worse than stupid.

Candia Police Chief Mike McGillen said the 12 horses were taken because of shelter and welfare concerns, not because they lacked health certificates.

Again what do we need to do to get proactive?

[FTL_Ian]

What's their explanation for not taking the rest?

According to Brian it was because they'd actually have to have chased them down.  Meaning, it was too much work. 

Clearly, they care about the animals.   

[slim]

So the NHSPCA took 12 horses which are, according to the state, since they don't have health certificates, possibly infected with a deadly contagious disease, and transported them to other horse farms. That's worse than stupid.

Yea it really is weird. That is like taking someone who has Ebola to the airport, actually it is more like taking people who have Ebola to multiple airports since the horses probably went to multiple horse farms.

[John Edward Mercier]

The original twelve were not take because of the missing health certificates... they were taken prior to the Department of Agriculture knowing they did not have the documentation.
The remaining seventeen are in quarantine until the tests can be confirmed negative.

[J’raxis 270145]

Perhaps someone should assemble all these news links and other info in one place. Oh, lookie here:—

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# whois stevesprowl.com

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with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
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  Have you seen Yes Men? 

Yep.

[J’raxis 270145]

That's worse than stupid.

It's worse than stupid: It's the government.

[leetninja]

am i the only one who wonders more about the colorado situation?

isnt it a little odd to anyone that this is the second time that heidi is being accused of neglect?

the horse board linked earlier seems to have gone rather crazy about this stuff - but now i cant seem to find the topic.

both sides seem to have valid points but there are definitely some LARGE blanks to fill in here.

[Porcupine_in_MA]

That's worse than stupid.

It's worse than stupid: It's the government.

+1

[leetninja]

So the NHSPCA took 12 horses which are, according to the state, since they don't have health certificates, possibly infected with a deadly contagious disease, and transported them to other horse farms. That's worse than stupid.

Candia Police Chief Mike McGillen said the 12 horses were taken because of shelter and welfare concerns, not because they lacked health certificates.

Again what do we need to do to get proactive?

great question.  if you/we/i really wanted to help them and help them get their horses back, i believe they (brian and heidi) need to fill in some of the blanks i previosuly mention.  BUT i would guess that adequate shelters are needed, perhaps a vet should be called in to perform the testing needed on the remaining horses as well as the seized ones, adequate food supply for the horses calculated out obviously to what each horse needs + maybe ~10-15% extra on top to be on the safe side?  a fund could potentially be set up to pay for these types of expenses and bills

that said - and dont take this the wrong way - but before i would be willing to do any of this - i need some blanks filled in.  i.e. are there shelters or not? were the horses actually neglected or not and proof one way or the other.  what happened in colorado?  and several other issues that seem to not be answered ...