Quotes from blog history:

I did the work for you. You're welcome. My comments in red.

LUCE:

Animal control Director Kimberlee Luce said the papers are in the process of being reissued from the previous owner to Jackson County. (November 5, 2007) ... untrue, the registries were holding these papers and doing NOTHING until the outcome of the court case ... the horses remain in the title of the Turn 3 Ranch ... an ACO lied at an auction when she stated there was no lien on the horses and that the buyers would get their papers

"The survival rate right now is pretty good. There's still exceptions when we start treating such as worming them can cause adverse reactions," says Kim Luce of Jackson County Animal Control. (March 30, 2007) ... so, did they decide against worming them at all, then? Sickly horses at auction were infested with at least three different types of internal parasites' larvae (aka worms) and required multiple treatments to remedy. JCAC records show they spent less than $3/horse on dewormer. Quality broad spectrum dewormers such as Zimectrin Gold cost $10-12 a tube, which treats one horse. You do the math.

Luce told the first horse rescuer, Bradley Chaltry, and the press that the horses had not been fed or watered for six months. (October 22, 2007) ... untrue & ridiculous ... I don't believe that even a cactus could survive six months without food or water ... no way would foals survive if the mares were starved.

"We have approximately 30 pregnant mares," Luce says. (March 30, 2007) ... untrue, only 12 pregnant at time of seizure ... maybe they were counting the fillies that THEY allowed to be bred by the studs they released into the herd?


TREACHER:

"Anyone who said these horses were in fine shape doesn't really know what went on out there,'' Treacher said. (February 5, 2007) ... untrue, Dr. Sray and many others who were at the farm testified that the majority of the herd was in near ideal body condition and typical for the time of year and type of horse.

"Horses eat a lot." (December 10, 2007) ... true, couldn't resist

Acting county Administrator Randy Treacher said the supporters' campaign is "an attempt to smear what Animal Control has done.'' (November 1, 2007) ... untrue, it was simply an attempt to REVEAL what Animal Control had done.

"Honestly, our hope was they'd take the horses back....There is no money to be made because we are only getting back what we've spent."
Treacher says Jackson County has not decided what to do with the horses now that they own them, but sale or auction is likely. He says it's the best way to ward off the future cost of caring for them. (July 2007) ... this statement still just boggles my mind ... "our hope was they'd take the horses back" ... for the $134K we required within the week ... or we'll just dump 'em at auction rather than feed 'em, trim 'em, treat 'em, adopt 'em out properly.

"The foals will not be removed from their mothers until they are weaned."
"Horse slaughter, as you know, is illegal." (email-unconfirmed) ... untrue, proven beyond the shadow of a doubt at the Napoleon auction with hundreds of witnesses

I'm always surprised when I go back and look at the archives myself ... how could they ever have felt in their hearts that they were doing the right thing?