It's a scorching July day and Jan Hickerson is probably out managing her horse ranch along with the help of three hired hands. One solely feeds, the other waters, and the third does anything else that needs done.
Then SCRAPS (Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service) shows up and seizes 25 horses. The charges? The horses "weren't getting enough food and water".
(Let me point out that this is the same organization that told a lady that the two ponies she had adopted were both mares . . . when they were geldings.)
Hickerson claims that SCRAPS is incorrect and her horses do not need to be taken, saying that they are fed everyday and receive plenty of hay. She also says her horses are ones that were unwanted and, usually arriving in a poor state of health, she is trying to nurse them back to health.
Others also defend Jan. “She's done a pretty good job of feeding them and putting weight on them, getting them in better shape and finding homes for them,” says neighbor Barbara Thompson.
SCRAPS isn't happy with this, however, and exports the horses immediately.[1]
Hickerson was charged with 21 counts of animal cruelty.
Who: Jeffrey and Jan Hickerson vs. SCRAPS (Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service)
According to SCRAPS: The horses had open wounds, were emaciated, moldy hay, and no water was in sight
According to Jan: She previously had more horses than she could care for, and had hay sitting on trailers right then, and had just bought hay the night before
Results: Animal cruelty charges, arrest warrants (and Jeffrey arrested)
Works Cited
1. ^ "25 horses seized from West Plains ranch". KXLY. Retrieved 15 Mar. 2014. Web.
2. ^ "SCRAPS takes 60 horses from in animal cruelty investigation". KXLY. Retrieved 15 Mar. 2014. Web.
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