SandBoxBlogs: KREX News 5 "Brighter Future Ahead for Horses Involved in Animal Cruelty Case"

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Danielle Kreutter:
"...In light of this incident and other animal cruelty reports, the sheriff's office has taken a step toward bettering its animal services.

"The sheriff's office sent a second deputy to specialized training in recognizing animal abuse through the State of Colorado Department of Agriculture," Taylor said.

The state veterinarian ranked the horses' health on a scale of zero to 10. He found them to be in the one to two range. These horses were sent to the Spirit Wind Horse Rescue.

"They've been doing really well. They've been putting on weight slowly," said Vendla Stockdale, president of Spirit Wind Horse Rescue.

The rescue will be restoring the horses to good health and will be putting them up for adoption at the end of the summer.

To request to adopt any of the rescued horses, call Beth Keenan at Spirit Wind Horse Rescue at 970-921-5646...."  (Read more?  Click title)

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SandBox Comments: Delta County Independent "Drug task force arrests 4 adults "

"Four Delta residents were arrested Friday, Dec. 4, after the 7th Judicial District Drug Task Force executed three search warrants and seized quantities of methamphetamines, cocaine, and marijuana. The task force searched two homes in the City of Delta and one residence in the Peach Valley area of Delta County.

Task force members were assisted by the Delta County Sheriff's Office, Delta Police Department, Cedaredge Police Department, ATF and the Montrose County Sheriff's Office.

The arrest and search warrants were the conclusion of an investigation over several months of distribution of methamphetamines and purchasing of weapons..."

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