Trooper Thomas Garcia
Here's the story of the "Horse Popsicle Case": New York State Trooper Garcia had been on duty all night when he found David Carper
(of Frank Carper & Sons) parked in a rest area. It was
time for his shift to end and most troopers would not have done anything,
but Trooper Garcia woke the Assistant District Attorey up out of bed at 5AM.
It was so cold their pens froze,
the cameras froze, their hands were freezing to the trailers.
These brave and caring individuals SET A PRECEDENT with this case! Because
of their involvement,
Pennsylvania is finally moving forward on this kind of abuse,
and enforcement has been stepped up in New York State.
State Trooper Thomas Garcia has over 200 arrests involving the illegal transport of horses.And, like the "Energizer Bunny" he keeps on going!
New York State Troopers Kevin Sturmer and Terry Ginyard, who have both arrested
ARLOW KIEHL, Watertown, NY of illegally transporting horses.
ADA Eichan, who went to trial in April of this year against
KEVIN NICKERSON of Nickerson Livestock,
Bainbridge, NY, and won. She pushed for, and received, maximum fines.
Former NYS ADA Debra Whitson, now with the NYS Attorney General's
office. SHE prosecuted DAVID CARPER.
Schroon Lake, NY, Justice Jean R. Strothenke has
consistently been taking a very tough stand against the pond scum.
Dr Lopez gets the James Herriot Award for excellence from a veterinarian.
Jennifer Erickson of the Humane League
of Lancaster County, and the HL's Board of Directors, win the award for "Fear and Loathing
in Lancaster County".
Lancaster County --- home of State Rep. Jere Schuler
and John Barley, and the acting chairman of the Agriculture and
Rural Affairs Committee, Senator Noah Wenger --- where "ABUSE RULES!".
Norman Kolb, co-owner of New Holland Sales Stables, who is
quoted as saying, "If they're good, sound horses, they don't usually go to slaughter". Way to go, Normy!
Barker, NY, Town Court judge, Dean,
who favors the
horse abuse industry.
Our intrepid team of horse transporters, who against all
adversity such as lack of permits and licenses, and convictions and fines, continue
to torture horses. They are: DAVID CARPER, Cranbury, NJ; FRANK CARPER, Cranbury, NJ;
Frank Carper & Sons and Camelot Sales Stables; KEVIN NICKERSON, Bainbridge, NY;
Nickerson Livestock; ARLOW KIEHL, Mustard Rd.,Waterdown, NY; and the following haulers who
fight their way to Pennsylvania from farther west: Max Ledyard from MI and
the Hornbach Brothers from KY, who haul for the Ryans.
The PA State Police, who are starting to
hang out at the New Holland Sales Stables in response to complaints.
An emailed message from Pennsylvania: "Department of Agriculture officials
have met with the manager of the New Holland
facility for the purpose of conveying some general concerns with regard to
animal management."
AND ELSEWHERE.........!
Unbelieveably, the San Jose Mercury News in San Jose California
has taken a stance AGAINST Propositions 4 (outlawing leg hold traps) and 6 (outlawing slaughtering horses for purpose of human consumption. Their editorial was entitled
"HORSES ARE PETS? WELL, THEY'RE MOSTLY LIVESTOCK -- VOTE NO ON PROP
6". This was published on Wednesday, October 7,
1998. They ended by saying "If it matters to the proponents of Proposition 6,
let them buy all the horses and find homes for them." They state that "the proponents of Proposition 6 propose that all sick,
old or unwanted horses be allowed to live out their last days in a
pasture"; that's totally wrong.
Responsible horse owners are not idiots, unlike the writer of this
article, and we know that while a nice idea, it is totally unworkable. It does not cost hundreds of dollars to
euthanize a large animal. It will usually cost less than $100.00
including the cost of having the rendering works haul the body away, and
less if you deliver the animal to them. They erroneously stated that
the new law would make "felons out of horse owners who sell to the wrong
buyer." The truth is that
it would make it a misdemeanor to sell horsemeat for human consumption.
The felons would be the people who are breaking the law by receiving,
possessing and transporting these animals for human consumption. The current regulations regarding the transport of horses are not enforced. One of the problems is not the legal
owners selling animals but the great deal of horse stealing that goes
on. It is extremely hard to track down an animal once it has been
stolen. The writer seems to find nothing wrong with "...horses bound for slaughter are often
mistreated.
They are crowded into trucks designed for smaller animals, unable to
raise their heads. They are trucked for days without food or water to
plants in Texas, Nebraska or Canada." stating that "it doesn't matter to the horse whether it's
buried, rendered or sauteed."
Passing this proposition would not hurt anyone, the fiscal impact is
minimal and it just might save some animals from a horrible fate.
Lt. Gary Gold of the Cleveland County, NC Sherrif's Department for
tracking down the "ALLEGED" HORSE THIEF that stole Idaho. You may remember that Idaho was stolen and sold a year ago by the person who leased him. Lt Gold must have had to do a lot of washing after wading through all those scum infested auctions. Isn't horse theft punishable by hanging??
Ralph Lauren, who has used the image of
the horse and horsesports for years to promote his "Polo" and "Thoroughbred" luxury lifestyle product lines, has a new line of boots made out of "ponyskin" (actually cowhide dyed to look like a pony hide). You're a real winner, Ralph!
American Airlines, for transporting horsemeat.
Christensen's Tack Shops, in Cupertino and Loomis, CA
for their insensitivity regarding an e-mailed request asking them to please not sell
Quest because of its association with Premarin.
Here's their response to the above message (Aug.8/98 1:50pm):
"You forgot don't sell lead ropes because they use cotton & thus abuse plants. Also don't forget brass snaps because mining is bad for native peruvian pasos. Please don't buy breeches made by Kathy Lee Giffords Children, and last but not least avoid bits made with Chinese prison labor.
Kill them all, let god sort it out.
Get a life"
You care so little about the well-being of horses, and yet you make your living off them. What's wrong
with this picture??
American Home Products should get an award for brazenness: A recent television ad for Advil,
made by AHP, shows a well-groomed and cared-for horse being saddled by his rider.
Just one of your PMU horses, perhaps?
T-shirts & bumperstickers for the CA vote to ban slaughter are available
at this website
And ActionCat: a site with petitions to send to your favorite politician.
Cleveland Amory for his constant fight to protect animals.
The Government of the United States, our illustrious leaders, who have done just about every evil, vile, trecherous, lying, underhanded thing they can do to wipe out Mustangs, goats, and Native Americans. Who curry the favor of American Home Products. Who are indifferent to the abuse of our horses. AND YOU WANT US TO TRUST YOU???????
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