Scott Condon:
"ASPEN — A new animal-rescue organization based in the Roaring Fork Valley is following a lean operations model that is proving effective — it's already found homes for 30 dogs this year.
Lucky Day Animal Rescue Colorado relies on volunteers and foster families to take care of pets it saves and to find them good, permanent homes. The tax-exempt nonprofit doesn't have a facility or staff. So the organizers are always on the lookout for donations and in constant need of additional people from Aspen to Glenwood Springs to temporarily take care of the animals..." (Read more? Click title)
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Showing posts with label animal rescue. Show all posts
April 5, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: KREX News 5 "Brighter Future Ahead for Horses Involved in Animal Cruelty Case"
(See related stories here and here.)
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)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
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)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
March 29, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Steamboat Today "Haymaker employees rescue elk from icy pond'
"Rick Marchewka, an irrigation technician, was inspecting the course when he noticed the elk struggling in the pond.
Within minutes, the golf course’s maintenance crew, which has been busy working to get the course ready for summer, responded to the pond along with wildlife managers from the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife.
The group of five to eight people used a rope and a four-inch wide strap to pull the struggling animal from the icy pond. The process had to be repeated a second and third time after the frightened animal ran back onto the ice and fell through the ice a second and third time.
The rescuers were not deterred by the failed rescue efforts. The third time, they pulled the elk farther onto the shore, and the elk retreated into a nearby sand trap where it stood shivering.
The rescuers decided to leave the animal alone and hoped it would retreat to a safer location once they left the area.
Justin Pollock, district wildlife manager for the Division of Parks and Wildlife, said it’s not common for elk to fall through ice. He had high hopes for the animal’s recovery but admitted that a stressful incident can have a devastating impact on elk.
“It happens,” Pollock said. “It’s hard on the animal. She looked pretty good, especially standing, which is a good sign.”
Pollock said the Division of Parks and Wildlife planned to keep an eye out for her during the next few days.
“She was treading water about 8 feet off the side of the bank. … She couldn’t have got out herself, no way,” Haymaker employee and rescuer Dave Morter said. “It’s a good feeling. I hope she makes it, but that can be a pretty traumatic experience for an animal.”...(Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
Within minutes, the golf course’s maintenance crew, which has been busy working to get the course ready for summer, responded to the pond along with wildlife managers from the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife.
The group of five to eight people used a rope and a four-inch wide strap to pull the struggling animal from the icy pond. The process had to be repeated a second and third time after the frightened animal ran back onto the ice and fell through the ice a second and third time.
The rescuers were not deterred by the failed rescue efforts. The third time, they pulled the elk farther onto the shore, and the elk retreated into a nearby sand trap where it stood shivering.
The rescuers decided to leave the animal alone and hoped it would retreat to a safer location once they left the area.
Justin Pollock, district wildlife manager for the Division of Parks and Wildlife, said it’s not common for elk to fall through ice. He had high hopes for the animal’s recovery but admitted that a stressful incident can have a devastating impact on elk.
“It happens,” Pollock said. “It’s hard on the animal. She looked pretty good, especially standing, which is a good sign.”
Pollock said the Division of Parks and Wildlife planned to keep an eye out for her during the next few days.
“She was treading water about 8 feet off the side of the bank. … She couldn’t have got out herself, no way,” Haymaker employee and rescuer Dave Morter said. “It’s a good feeling. I hope she makes it, but that can be a pretty traumatic experience for an animal.”...(Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
January 11, 2012
SandBox Comments: Steamboat Today "Snowmobilers, veterinarian and Forest Service rescue horse in North Routt"
Thank you to everyone who participated in this rescue.
Hopefully, it was an accident of some kind, rather than intentional, that this terrific 'little guy' was separated from his rider.
Please, if you cannot care for your livestock for some reason. Take them to shelter or anonymously call your local animal control. Please don't leave them to try to survive the elements here in the mountains of Colorado.
"When the riders first saw the horse, he was visibly malnourished and shied away from human touch. His saddle had slid down around his belly and was full of snow. He could barely walk with the weight of it.
The girth’s cinch had dug into his back, leaving a large and infected wound, and the riders could see where blood had dripped down his sides. Based on the horse’s tracks, Sorenson said they determined he had been circling a 30-yard area scrounging for food.
“It was so sad,” she said. “He tried to get away from us, but he just didn’t have much strength.”
The first thing they did was cut the saddle off of him before riding all the way back to Columbine to call the U.S. Forest Service.
The Forest Service enlisted the help of Gotchey, who brought a trailer and his fiancee, Traci Clark.
They drove a trailer to the intersection of Forest Service Roads 500 and 550, where logging operations this winter fortuitously had packed the snow down for driving.
The group made its way to the horse on snowmobiles and met face to face with the now-calmer horse, who several members of the rescue party affectionately called “little man” and “little guy.”
U.S. Forest Service Ranger Mike Seawall and Reserve Law Enforcement Officer Steve McCone had brought hay and a blanket to the site.
“He didn’t look that bad, considering everything he had gone through,” Seawall said. “He looked pretty relieved. He had enough left in him to understand, ‘I’m getting out of here.’”
“You could tell, when (Gotchey) grabbed on to that lead rope, that we were there; we were getting that horse out,” he said. “I’m sure the little man’s relieved.”
The first 1 1/2 miles was post-holing through deep snow, but the snowmobiles stayed with the group and rode back and forth in front of the horse to create a track for him to walk on. The final stretch of more than six miles was along Forest Service Road 550, and Gotchey said the horse let out a sigh once he made it to the stable at about 10:30 p.m.
He said if the snowpack had been at last year’s levels, the horse’s survival and rescue would have been nearly impossible.
Seawall said the rescue was one made possible by more than the cooperating weather.
“At the end of the day, if (the snowmobilers) hadn’t have been out there and been willing to ride all the way in and make the call. That and Mike, for him to come out and take this horse and care for it, it’s wonderful.
“And the horse, he just put his head down and went to work,” he said. “Tough little horse.”
Seawall said the Forest Service is conducting an investigation into where the horse came from and the circumstances surrounding his separation from his owner...."
(Nicole Inglis)
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Hopefully, it was an accident of some kind, rather than intentional, that this terrific 'little guy' was separated from his rider.
Please, if you cannot care for your livestock for some reason. Take them to shelter or anonymously call your local animal control. Please don't leave them to try to survive the elements here in the mountains of Colorado.
"When the riders first saw the horse, he was visibly malnourished and shied away from human touch. His saddle had slid down around his belly and was full of snow. He could barely walk with the weight of it.
The girth’s cinch had dug into his back, leaving a large and infected wound, and the riders could see where blood had dripped down his sides. Based on the horse’s tracks, Sorenson said they determined he had been circling a 30-yard area scrounging for food.
“It was so sad,” she said. “He tried to get away from us, but he just didn’t have much strength.”
The first thing they did was cut the saddle off of him before riding all the way back to Columbine to call the U.S. Forest Service.
The Forest Service enlisted the help of Gotchey, who brought a trailer and his fiancee, Traci Clark.
They drove a trailer to the intersection of Forest Service Roads 500 and 550, where logging operations this winter fortuitously had packed the snow down for driving.
The group made its way to the horse on snowmobiles and met face to face with the now-calmer horse, who several members of the rescue party affectionately called “little man” and “little guy.”
U.S. Forest Service Ranger Mike Seawall and Reserve Law Enforcement Officer Steve McCone had brought hay and a blanket to the site.
“He didn’t look that bad, considering everything he had gone through,” Seawall said. “He looked pretty relieved. He had enough left in him to understand, ‘I’m getting out of here.’”
“You could tell, when (Gotchey) grabbed on to that lead rope, that we were there; we were getting that horse out,” he said. “I’m sure the little man’s relieved.”
The first 1 1/2 miles was post-holing through deep snow, but the snowmobiles stayed with the group and rode back and forth in front of the horse to create a track for him to walk on. The final stretch of more than six miles was along Forest Service Road 550, and Gotchey said the horse let out a sigh once he made it to the stable at about 10:30 p.m.
He said if the snowpack had been at last year’s levels, the horse’s survival and rescue would have been nearly impossible.
Seawall said the rescue was one made possible by more than the cooperating weather.
“At the end of the day, if (the snowmobilers) hadn’t have been out there and been willing to ride all the way in and make the call. That and Mike, for him to come out and take this horse and care for it, it’s wonderful.
“And the horse, he just put his head down and went to work,” he said. “Tough little horse.”
Seawall said the Forest Service is conducting an investigation into where the horse came from and the circumstances surrounding his separation from his owner...."
(Nicole Inglis)
(Read this wonderful story? Click title. Comment to discuss)
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