ARM helps take down illegal slaughterhouse
A Florida man accused of butchering horses and pigs in the notorious kill zone of the C-9 basin of Florida was arrested this month by Miami- Dade Police and charged with 30 counts of animal cruelty resulting in death, according to Animal Recovery Mission Founder Richard “Kudo” Couto, the private citizen who blew the whistle on the slaughterhouse. Yurianne Hervis-Gonzalez, 33, was arrested and held on $80,000 bond following a five-month undercover investigation by Couto, dubbed “Operation Noche Buena,” which draws its name from a holiday during which pig and horse meat is commonly served, Couto says. “He was the […]
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Rogue red mare tamed by love, a champion
Whirling ‘round her handler as if hellfire was licking her feet, the red Thoroughbred mare was barely held in check with a chain over her nose, and a well-muscled walker. “Holiday Cat came out of the barn in a whirlwind, like the Tasmanian devil,” says Jorji McEllrath. “She wasn’t exactly a friendly horse. She tried to kick her handler in the head. But for whatever reason, my daughter Brayle walked up to her and said, ‘This is the horse I want.’ ” “I remember thinking there was no way I was going to put my green daughter on a green […]
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Madeline Auerbach on the odyssey to help TBs
On track to provide $2 million in grants to Thoroughbred charities across America, doubling its initial contribution since beginning a landmark effort to provide a safety net to charities rehabilitating and re-homing ex-racehorses, the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance is on a grand mission that began, in part, with an innocent question. Madeline Auerbach, a well-known California racehorse owner simply wanted to know how to find a really good retirement home for her ex-racehorse Lenny From Malibu. “I was really unaware of the whole panoply of retirement, and I started to get my feet wet, and looking for a good home for […]
