17 Arabians - most Davenport going to Auction 30 to 60 days
by karen Witt
This was posted on the yahoo Arabian Horse Rescue Board. I thought I would make sure this was posted here. I have owned a few Davenports before and they are wonderful horses.
17 Arabians in Nebraska:
Update: 26 Oct 2006
By any chance are these some of the horses? We heard there were 17
total, though not all Davenports. We were told that a notice should
appear in the Hastings Tribune when the auction will be. http://www.hastings tribune.com/ It would be nice if someone or more
than one of our Davenport breeders could attend. Can we organize
ourselves to perhaps find a way to buy these animals and if need be
pooling our resources? I hate thinking of any horse going to
slaughter. Please see below message and list. Chris
There are 17 Arabian Horses in need of help in Nebraska. These horses are going to be going to auction within the next thirty to sixty days. They were rescued by the Hastings, Nebraska Sheriff's Department two years ago. These horses were very malnourished and near dead in some cases. There have been reports that there were two dead at the time of the rescue.
These horses are now in Foster care and the Sheriff's Department is working with the County Attorney to have them cleared to be auctioned to try to recoup the amount of money that has been put into them. These horses are going to be going to auction at a time when the market in Nebraska is very bad. There are kill buyers at all the local auctions and we would like to do all we can to keep these horses from going to them.
Most, if not all, of these horses are registered. The Sheriff's Department is working to get their papers from the owner to transfer to whomever adopts them. At this point, the owner is refusing to turn them over. The owner, Rose Marie Arthur, is in jail on several counts. We are working to make contact with her to try to get the papers turned over.
If you are interested in helping these horses, please email me at the address just below this article. I will add you to our update list that goes out by email. As new information comes in I will send it out to all interested.
We are also working to get pictures of these horses. Please bear with us as we are slowly gathering information. I will post pictures here as soon as we get them in.
This is my first attempt to organize a rescue, so if you have any suggestions please feel free to email me them.
Thanks for caring!
qualset_rescue_helpers@yahoo.com
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GHALLEB
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