Updates

Beau and Jed

Update - July 28, 2007

Beau then

Beau Now

Beau still has some weight to gain but is doing great. He rides well but would need a confident rider due to his blindness.

Update - June 13, 2007

Jed Before

Jed Now

Jed is back and looking fantastic. Now, with weight on, he looks much more like a Quarterhorse / Arab cross. Jed is a very friendly boy that will look for a good butt scratch. He is a beautiful mover. He has lost some sight in his one eye but is not completely blind. Other than that, he is completely sound and healthy. A gorgeous mover. He rides but needs more work. He can be spunky and headstrong so a more experienced rider will thoroughly enjoy him.

Beau is still at a foster farm with our Vet tech who took such wonderful care of Jed. He is also gaining weight just not as fast as Jed but we expect him back in another month.

May 2007 

By mere coincidence and going to look at a house that was for sale, some of us from R.E.A.S.O.N came across a disturbing site. We saw two skinny horses standing on the side of a shed and eating dirt. Being horse lovers and volunteers of a horse adoption agency we were appalled. Upon quick inspection we were unable to find any hay or water and nothing edible left in their small pasture. Upon closer inspection of the two horses we found them emaciated; both to be so thin they had bones sticking out of them and both blind in one eye probably due to the extreme malnutrition over the years.

We thought we would see what was going on and knocked on the door of the closest house to find out whose horses they were. We thought maybe somehow we could help. We knocked on the door at the neighbors and met the Corby's who have been horrified at how these horses have been treated and told us everything. What we found out is these horses are owned by a man who lives Tunkhannock. He feeds them rarely at best and when he does come out to feed them it is often at night. She has seen these horses jump the fence to drink out of her garden hose as she waters her lawn. She and her husband have given them buckets of water to drink out of because they have none otherwise. Neighboring horse owners throw hay out because they can't stand to see these horses starve to death. One day when their owner came by to drop off hay and couldn't find his horses he knocked on the Corby's door to ask if they knew where his horses were. They replied with not knowing and the man simply left without spending a moment to look for his horses. Hours later, the Corby's were called by a neighbor down the street to alert them that the horses that live next door to them were at their house eating the lawn.

For one month straight the Corby's kept a diary along with daily pictures of the horses care and contacted the Lackawanna County Humane Society. As overwhelmed as they are already, they came out and ordered the pasture be cleaned up and the horses fed. Their owner was able to produce a person who said that he buys 10 bales of a hay from him for the horses. The Lackawanna Humane Society at the time did all they can do but were unable to do anymore.

We wanted to do something to help so we went back to our farm, grabbed some hay and decided that at least for tonight, these horses would be fed. While doing so, we made a call to the Wyoming County State Police Barracks to report the abuse and neglect of these horses. After speaking to a Corporal Walsh, he informed us that there was nothing he could do. He stated that it is basically our opinion that these horses are being mistreated. However, if a veterinarian would call and report it then they could do something because it came from a horse professional.

So now, we find these two horses left to eat dirt, bark off any tree they can find and have to escape when they can for more food and water. The Corby's mentioned that there used to be three horses and they think one died. After talking with other neighbors, they had heard that their owner asked for help on disposing the body to another area horse owner but was denied the help. After taking a walk behind the Corby's house, they were amazed and horrified along with the three of us to find horse bones behind their house.

With the help of bringing awareness to this issue of these two horses, help from the PSPCA and getting Chad Weaver a humane officer to make a visit and speak with the current owners, we were able to convince the current owners to release the horses to the care of R.E.A.S.O.N. Lisa from R.E.A.S.O.N spoke with the family and used a previous history that she had with them to convince them that what's best for the horses and for themselves is to willingly release the horses and sign them over to our care.

We have now been in touch with our veterinarian and our equine dentist who will be tending to them immediately. We will be caring for them at R.E.A.S.O.N and hope that in a few months these two horses will be ready for adoption to new, loving homes.

Thank you for those who show concerned and jumped to help us in our cause in seeing these two horses have a better future. They have a long road ahead but we hope to have them adoptable in a few months.

Thanks to Jill Konopka at WYOU and WBRE for coming out and doing a story on us and the thin horses we were able to have surrendered to our care.

Right now, Jed & Beau are doing fine. They are together with their very own round bale. Grain is slowly being introduced to them. They are recieving plenty of attention and lots of TLC now from everyone at R.E.A.S.O.N.

You can view the story that aired here.

If you have any way of making any kind of donation be it monetary or even dropping off a bale of hay, please help if you could - Or help spread the word.

If you would like to help and sponsor Beau or Jed donations can be sent to:

R.E.A.S.O.N
Retired Equine Adoption Society Of The Northeast
RR2, BOX 379
Harvey's Lake, PA. 18618

The horses will be so grateful...and so are we! Thank you in advance for anything you can offer!