The start of the rescue from the mud. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 1
Updated at 8:23 p.m.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – It took several individuals quite a bit of time to hoist a young horse from where it was found partially submerged in saturated ground in Onalaska yesterday.
“The horse was laying on its side, buried in thick mud and manure, and was shaking and shivering,” Lewis County Sheriff’s Office Cmdr. Dusty Breen said.
The 911 call about 1 p.m. to property along the 2500 block of state Route 508 came from a neighbor, Breen said. The owner had gone to a veterinarian to try to get help, he said, but they told her they couldn’t.
Breen this morning said he didn’t know how long the animal was stuck there that way.
A deputy who is assigned to work with county code enforcement responded.
Lewis County Fire District 1 Chief Andrew Martin said those present had made some sort of efforts to free the horse before asking the fire department for assistance.
He ended up summoning five more fire department volunteers.
They worked in mud that reached to the fire chief’s knees, using straps tied off to a post to ratchet the animal up, and slid boards beneath it. The operation wasn’t finished until about two and a half hours after the initial call, Martin said.
“A bystander named Chance jumped in to help,” he said, noting the good fortune to have someone he called a good animal wrangler present.
The horse is owned by a 44-year-old woman. Martin said he thought she was among those at the scene, but wasn’t sure.
They cleaned out quite a bit of mud from the one eye that had been facing downward and got it blankets, he said.
The animal had several abrasions and lacerations that neither Martin or Breen knew the cause of.
Cmdr. Breen this morning was waiting for an update on the horse’s condition. The owner’s vet and a vet from the state were both supposed to examine it today.
The sheriff’s office and code enforcers are investigating, according to Breen.
“The pen was mud, that’s the area that concerns us,” Breen said. “Under the RCW, if you fail to give proper living conditions, that can be an issue.”
There were a handful of other horses in another area nearby, on firmer ground, according to Breen.
Whether the situation involved any criminal issue or something else, Breen couldn’t say.
“We investigate a lot of issues,” he said. “There’s sometimes a fine line between people saying, ‘I wouldn’t treat my animal that way’ and the law being violated.”
Update from 7:46 p.m. from Lewis County Sheriff’s Office:
“This afternoon, Lewis County Sheriff’s deputies arrested horse owner, Jennifer Jenkins, of Onalaska for nine counts of Cruelty to Animals. Jenkins was booked into the LCSO Jail on the probable cause charges, while deputies served a search warrant at her property. Deputies along with LC Code Enforcement officers and a Washington State Veterinarian proceeded to rescue and remove nine horses from the property.”
The horse stands up. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 1
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Trying right now to find a ride for a horse from Sequim to Onalaska
The horses had access to 2 large other pastures one at Don Rayburns on Centralia Alpha in which the horses go evey year in April and the Elliots on hwy 508 Jenkins utilized every year
The horses had access to 2 large other pastures one at Don Rayburns on Centralia Alpha in which the horses go evey year in April and the Elliots on hwy 508 Jenkins utilized every year
Jennifer Jenkins, provided every week, on average 2700 to 3600 pounds of hay,bought, from Fire Mountain Farms, including grain,wormers, red cell, treats and carrots on a regular basis from local retailers and has the receipts to Prove it!!!!!~ known as Exhibit 8 in Response, to Show Cause, Failure to Pay, based upon other comments made, to this site, so check out case number 6Z327977 or check out 6Z0327977 a numbers game,(including adding,and or creating, other case numbers, about the same incident, so there is no stay of proceedings, while under Appeal regarding restitution, restitution shouldn’t get its own case number, to mislead defendants,you cant run a county, like a collection agency, creating multiple accounts, defrauding the community at large) to keep the public, from knowing the truths, a common theme, here in Lewis County Washington, those in power, have no regard, for all of its citizens and fail, to Listen and report, truthfully and accurately, as to all parties involved, as there is no, Professional Responsibility or Accountability, of Lewis County, public and power officials, including general community and those peoples, religious identifications and the reach, of its members, relying on, other members, hearsay and those that keep complaining, were probably involved in the repeated trespass and destruction, at the Jenkins Ranch, from 2003 to 2018 just to keep promoting, I am mentally ill based upon, Fahey-Grimes creating and changing my medical information, a physical therapist,with the aids, of Joyce Ann Jenkins(my greedy money driven Aunt ) and Gerald Murray and their direct connection with Tzlegraph and Dr. Gillium in this situation, involving the Public Utilities Company,Rodgers,Pries,Wells,Roy,Miller and others and law enforcement’s failure to respond, or actually investigate when Jenkins needed them,when her legally prescribed guide dogs were illegally seized, after being struck in the head by Mr. Gifford and fell hitting my head and shoulder and all involved claiming mental health problem, just to breed Reto-mop pugs? no officer, to date has contacted me, about being assaulted, just a cover up, when an attempt on my life, was orchestrated, because, someone covets what animals, the Jenkins have, for someone else benefits, including Jenkins, legally prescribed hippo therapy horses that were repeatedly injured, and outright stolen or replaced with some skinny auction scrub, including repeated flooding, theft of round pens, hay, destruction and moving of fences,trespass of surveyors and re trespassing including the disappearance of one of my driveways in 2018 to sell my grandfathered land, over and over again, based upon fabrication, alteration and trespass and the repeated use of created hearsay record, because no one, in power community, is interested, in the the actual truths, because they have hidden agendas. The Jenkins Ranch, Calls All People out, on your indiscretions and your actual involvement. Jenkins, suffers from that disorder, where, She Speaks, the Truth and it pisses people off.
Jenkins states, Is , the Lewis County Judicial System, Afraid to allow Jenkins, to call witnesses, to present evidence and cross examine witnesses? something defense counsel, David A Brown failed to do!!! because he was directly involved with this huge scandal.
Lets, Get a clue people, if law enforcement would have actually helped in stopping the repeated,theft,assault, trespass, flooding ect,; and injury, then this would have probably never happened none of my horses were, as described and in any animal seizure all (6) six sides of the animal should have been photographed and no current weight or height recorded submitted by Chehalis Livestock auction to law enforcement or animal control because everyone involved coveted, a specific horse and some went to great lengths to acquire them, with unclean hands, to protect, corporation, public utilities and those that are super rich. I am, Woman and I have Children and “WE” “Have Rights”, so, “protect them” and get your own life please!!! and stay out of mine, enough is enough already. I am not mentally ill !!! speech impaired yes, have seen the same doctor, for the last 27 years Dr. Stanley Kantor so give him a call and stop relying on self serving hearsay, motivating repeated crime!!!
horses were fat and well cared for other than repeat trespassers gunning for free ponies at someones else’s expense check out horsewildlegal at the facebook dont be shy you might be amazed and you will know this was absolutely a set up
I dont live in the city thank you I live in a rural area RDD_10 thank you have a nice day,
Jenifer Jenkins expect to be attacked on LCS, the whole community is killing the children they claim to care about with a deadly Neuro Toxin Fluoride. People on farms know not to supply city water to farm animals it will kill them within a years time.
The people who resuced her hurt her and if you look at all the pictures available you would know the true reality pictures rate at the 50th vibration and are easily altered so please get all the pics from the police departnment but you might not get the orginal volume printed on april 26,2016 its amazing your so incompetent like the others, mud a little hair dye iodine and some clippers someone flooding your feild for over three months and law enforcement doesnt care plus theres a big hole dug in the yard that wasnt there before I left for a few days hired Tina Wood MIller and Paid her with cash goods and services and her and BObby Burke retrned the alfalfa and timothy hay back to the farm store all 291.73. any horse person or vet for that matter should know that all sides of the horse need to be photographed i a square or fitting and showing stance sounds like the county thinks we havent been to winterhair sheding clinics, mild rain rot is not a reason to seize horses nor is a mudding feild lewis county and the wa vet should be charged with animal crulety dr. griggo
Jennifer, if you’d even put one scintilla of effort into taking care of your horses that you did in posting here, there’d have been no problem. All the rationalizations in the world don’t hide the condition this poor animal was found in on your property. Get help and, for God’s sake, don’t “take care of” any more animals.
“The entire 160-acre property was waterlogged and flooded in some places.”
From the lewis county GIS map, you own about 2 acres where all those horses were pinned up in the deep mud, not some 160 acres of ground.
Spin it however you wish but keeping all horses knee deep in mud is abuse. Two acres does not a working livestock ranch make.
I just want to let you all know that silverstar was hurt by the tow straps of the fire recruits and further Tina Miller Wood who was generously paid(350.00) to feed and water my horses while I was gone at the Desert 100 should be charged for failure to feed and water. and to the OLY Girl just so you know she fell in a hole that someone dug and someone flooded the pasture and further the people who were trying to help her went against the officer in charge and hurt the horse even worse and because they hurt the horse they had to use further unclean hands and allowed the state vet and his assistants to shave leg hair repeatedly on several horses 04/06/2016 dried blood patterns and nud rot look totally different and winter body coats altered since i moved site to onalaska in 2003 which any horseman can identify and mud and rain rot takes more than 3 days to manifest, plus cant wait to hear what was the white lotion like substance was rubbed on the young foals, cant wait to get results from my lab, please let the vets working on this case to pick up there sample from my attorney
where is my post?
Misuse of the body condition score in Alleged Neglect or Abuse
Over the last few years alleged horse neglect have skyrocketed across the United States especially in Jenkins back yard since Jenkins has double ManOWar and SunFost lines in her herd and a rank bronc that Jenkins has been trying to get on a string as an independent but because Jenkins doesn’t have money and is only a woman and the county and onlookers strangers ready to steal those amazing well trained well bred Jenkins horses for their own use and profit based upon their own unclean hands committing direct acts of harassment and direct and indirect domestic violence against Jenkins, her horses and her property protected by the (5th) Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution . This ephemeron has reached epic proportions. Most of the cases can be attributed to the down economy and the drought making it difficult for horses’ owners to feed their horses like they would like to feed them. Therefore, we are seeing a lot more horses in below average body conditions. That does not make every thin horse a neglected or abused horse.(however this is Lewis Counties position based upon an a supposed Washington veterinarian who distorts actual circumstances and alters hair coats in an effort to seize Jenkins well bred and trained horses In front of other county official’s stop abusing the code I blow the whistle on you)
Once a horse gets below a BCS 3 does not meet the minimum standard. By definition, a BCS 3 horse still has fat reserves. Once a horse gets below a BCS 3 then reserves are low. However, the health of the horse is only in jepordy if it is breaking down non fat tissue to provide for its basic energy needs. The BSC cannot measure this function.
Breakdown of non-adipose tissue for energy can be evaluated through blood analysis focusing on liver and kidney function, and the breakdown of structural tissue for energy. Blood urea nitrogen, creatinine and the ratio of blood urea nitrogen level to creatinine level are indicators of tissue breakdown¬. Analysis of hematocrit, serum concentrations of total protein solids, sodium, calcium,potassium, triglycerides, bilirubin and albumin will also provide information about malnutrition and starvation. None of these tests are adequate on their own. However, evaluation of matching trends from the analysis can help confirm or disprove that the horse is not nutritionally deprived. (Lewis County abused what is called the chain of evidence no blood tests day of Silver Star being rescued from the mud or were any blood tests take from the other horses on April 5th,2016, NO blood Tests were taken in front of the owner Jenkins on April 6th,2016 nor did anyone on scene request that I employ a vet to have blood samples taken, anyone that owns horses can clearly see that these horses were not in need of being seized, the real motivation of the seizure is money in my herds all round and most important the therapy quality of the Jenkin’s horse herd that took 30 years to develop)
In addition, the presence, or absence, of feed and hay on the property where the horses are located.(NO one at the scene ever asked any questions about feed ect nor did they ask to see receipts or ask to see stores of food in the Jenkins house grain treats ect and anyone thats ever driven by is lying if they say there wasn’t any feed go hate somewhere else)
Over the last decade, the body condition scoring system has been used, in many if not most cases, the sole reason for seizure for neglect or abuse. The problem with this is that the BSC was not designed to reflect the health of the horse (which is the current problem) or well being of the horse. The BSC provides an estimate of stored body fat, period. From a physcological standpoint, as long as a horse, has “any fat reserves” ( which should be based upon the location of where the fat stores are actually located on the horses and also consider how the horses feet are trimmed as this also has an impact of how fats stores are distributed in storing body fat)body ( and is receiving a diet that meets its daily maintenance requirements, that horse can be healthy.( I learned how to trim horses from Ivan Sterlingson and have the abilities and equipment to trim my own horses feet)
Prior to the seizure, law enforcement had not presented us with any specific concerns that they wanted to see addressed. They did not work with us to have a veterinarian come on the property to assess our animals. They did not ask to see our hay purchase records to confirm how much hay we were buying and feeding. They had never cited us for lack of appropriate care for our livestock. This led us to think we were meeting their expectations. But in a matter of hours, they took our past, present, and future.
As shocked and surprised as we were at this event, it did not come out of the blue. It was a long time in the making. It started in 2007 when we got complaints from the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department. An average of 3 to 5 different animal control deputies were driving by the Jenkins property 2-5 times a day and on multiple times were observed on the property harassing the horses and cows by Jenkins, Jenkins family and Keith Zack.(eye witnesses to Gilliam and Hornberg and Wells the complainer harassing Jenkins horses including holding horses of the feed at night Stealing Round Bales of Hay and premium square bale hay. She thought the horses were on pasture that was too short. She thought the cows didn’t have enough to eat. She didn’t see any feed out for animals. She acknowledged that all the animals looked healthy, but she was worried that they might “run out of food in a month.” She complained that no one lived on the property and expressed concern that we weren’t on site often enough. Then we started getting reports that the specific horses breeding neighbors and enthusiasts were complaining—about the same things.
The amount of contact from the Sheriff’s Department reached harassment level. We made an appointment with the deputy sheriff and our veterinarian to meet at the property and be present while the veterinarian assessed all our livestock. The complaining deputy sheriff and her supervising officer were both supposed to be present for the assessment. They cancelled. Our veterinarian assessed every horse, mule, hog, sheep, cow, and steer. They were all in good health and satisfactory body condition. Our veterinarian wrote a report and sent it to the deputy sheriff. The deputy sheriff told us that the matter would be closed and she would communicate the content of the vet’s report to our neighbors who were complaining to keep them at bay.
“NO food”. The deputy demanded that we get to the property immediately and feed the horses despite the fact that twenty round bales of fine quality fire mountain farms bales hay were on a side of the barn not visible from the road. We reminded the deputy that we are in the horse business and it made no sense for us to starve the very animals that are our livelihood. They seemed to accept our response. The following weeks were full of soggy, wet, winter weather—the toughest type for livestock and livestock owners. The entire 160-acre property was waterlogged and flooded in some places. Cows and yearlings were getting stuck in mud. No animal was dry. Most of the property was inaccessible to our tractor due to the mud. Several cows had died over a period of time (we now have evidence that they had consumed plastic bags and baling twine that had blocked their guts). But we made sure that all the animals had a constant supply of hay in their feeders. It wasn’t enough for the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. All our animals were seized.
Mother Nature is Brutal
It’s easy for law enforcement employees, casual observers, or neighbors to be judgmental and self-righteous when observing the activities on a ranch. It’s easy to second guess another person’s management decisions. Ranching is full of controversy for some people. It’s common industry practice for animals to be castrated without anesthetic, cows get dehorned, injured or sick animals are usually euthanized at the end of a gun barrel, etc. But the worst for ranchers is Mother Nature. She is not kind, sympathetic, or compassionate. She’s brutal. We struggle to keep our animals safe from predators and disease, to move animals to the best places for different seasons of the year, to keep mothers close by when they are foaling, to keep animals fed appropriately, and to provide veterinary care when we know it will make a difference. We struggle with the knowledge that any mistake, accident, or poor decision in dire circumstances can cost a life. We also struggle with financial reality. We’re not doing this to get rich, but we do have to make a living in order to pay our bills and stay in business serving our customers.
Is Justice Blind?
We now find ourselves battling something far more intimidating and frightening than even Mother Nature. We’re battling our justice system. Lady Justice is supposed to be objective and impartial, and she is often represented wearing a blindfold. But justice does not seem blind when you’re being prosecuted by someone whose salary is paid by a special interest group. Especially when you’re a rancher and the special interest group is an animal rights organization. Is this “prosecution” or “persecution?” The Animal Legal Defense Fund would like to see all animals have the same rights as human beings. They would like a society where animals are not consumed as meat or kept as livestock. If you want to know more about their agenda and their goals, you can read about them yourself on their website. One book they’re promoting is The Modern Savage: Our Unthinking Decision to Eat Animals by James McWilliams. The ALDF staff writer blogging about this title makes the claim that, “the reality is cruelty to animals exists on smaller, so-called ‘humane’ farms as well as on industrial-scale ‘factory farms.’” Simply put, their belief is that we’re cruel because we’re ranchers.
This organization has decided to change the things they don’t like in society by “expanding” the law. Their goal is to litigate and set as much precedent as possible to give animals the same rights as humans. To serve this goal, they have developed an Animal Law program that is now taught in many colleges and universities across the United States, including Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon
Our small livestock business is the target of their (the Animal Legal Defense Fund) precedent-setting efforts. We believe we are a test case. Specifically, we believe they are using the cattle industry’s body and horse industrys condition scoring tool to set a precedent that defines a neglected horses or cow as a cow rated as 3 on this scale of 1 – 9. This is not a law enforcement or legislative tool. A 3 rated cow or horse is considered thin but within the normal range for beef cattle and horse management. It’s a management tool for cattle and horse producers. The vet the county had inspect our horses before the seizure scored all the horses at a 1 to 2 score this vet is blind and altered ski coats before seizure and on site with other county official’s present However the County ignores inside abuses because they are going to profit (Please I urge you to request a copy of the poile report from the Sheriffs department then youll see the abuse committed by Hornberg, Gilliam and Titlzel.( the pictures speak for themselves) It’s shocking to think what it will mean to ranchers and livestock producers all over the country if we are successfully prosecuted for making decisions and treating animals within the boundaries of industry standards. If law enforcement prosecutes every rancher who loses animals, has thin animals among their herd, doesn’t feed them as much as someone else thinks they should be fed, has animals outdoors in bad weather, or does not call a veterinarian every time there may be a problem, then there will be no one left to raise pastured, grass-fed meat free from drugs and antibiotics or All round good working horses that have gentle dispositions which Jenkins has produced and should be able to produce.
How can I estimate my horse’s weight?
Body condition scoring is used extensively as an aid to management of sheep and cattle. Research in horses has shown that condition scoring provides a useful and objective method of monitoring body condition. Body condition (fatness) is the most reliable indicator of the suitability of a horse’s diet.
Accurate estimation of a horse’s bodyweight is an art that requires a lot of experience. Weight estimation is necessary for assessing feed requirements and for determining the correct dosage of worm treatments and other drugs.
Methods of Estimation
1. Assess visually and by feel, the horse’s pelvis and rump, back and ribs and neck (table 1).
2. Give those areas individual scores using a scale of 0 (very poor) to 5 (very fat).
3. Intermediate assessments can be given half scores.
4. Using the pelvic and rump assessment as the base, adjust that score by a half point if it differs by one or more points from the score for the neck or ribs.
5. Height measurement should be performed on level ground when the horse is relaxed and standing squarely. Use the highest point of the withers as the measuring site. Allowance should be made for shoes.
Table 1. Body condition scoring system
Score Neck Back and ribs Pelvis
0
Very poor Marked ewe neck.
Narrow and slack at base. Skin tight over ribs.
Spinous processes sharp and easily seen. Angular pelvis – skin tight.
Deep cavity under tail and either side of croup.
1
Poor Ewe neck.
Narrow and slack at base. Ribs easily visible.
Skin sunken either side of
Backbone. Spinous processes well defined Rump sunken, but skin supple.
Pelvis and croup well defined
Deep depression under tail.
2
Moderate Narrow but firm Ribs just visible
Backbone well covered
Spinous processes felt Rump flat either side of backbone.
Croup well defined, some fat.
Slight cavity under tail.
3
Good No crest (except stallions)
Firm neck Ribs just covered
No gutter along the back.
Spinous processes covered but can be felt Covered by fat and rounded.
No gutter.
Pelvis easily felt
4
Fat Slight crest Ribs well covered – need firm pressure to feel
Gutter along backbone. Gutter to root of tail.
Pelvis covered by soft fat – felt only with firm pressure
5
Very fat Marked crest
Very wide and firm.
Folds of fat. Ribs buried – cannot feel.
Deep gutter
Back broad and flat. Deep gutter to root of tail.
Skin distended.
Pelvis buried – cannot feel
0
Very poor • Very sunken rump
• Deep cavity under tail
• Skin tight over bones
• Very prominent backbone and pelvis
• Marked ewe neck
1
Poor • Sunken rump
• Cavity under tail
• Ribs easily visible
• Prominent backbone and croup
• Ewe neck narrow and slack
2
Moderate • Flat rump either side of backbone
• Ribs just visible
• Narrow but firm neck
• Backbone well covered
3
Good • Rounded rump
• Ribs just covered but easily felt
• No crest, firm neck
4
Fat • Rump well rounded
• Gutter along back
• Ribs and pelvis hard to feel
• Slight crest
5
Very fat • Very bulging rump
• Deep gutter along back
• Ribs buried
• Marked crest
• Fold and lumps of fat
Fig. 1 Condition scores
The horse’s weight can then be predicted from the height (in hands) and condition score (table 2). More accurate estimation can be achieved by the use of a nomogram (figure 4).
Table 2. Prediction of weight utilising height and condition score
Condition score Height (hands)
12H 13H 14H 15H 16H
Weight (kg)
1 190 240 310 390 420
2 210 285 330 420 470
3 250 345 395 460 505
4 300 370 460 535 570
5 360 460 540 610 670
1 hand = 10.2 cm (4 inches)
Table 3. Typical Body Score Conditions of Various Classes of Horses
Endurance Horses 1.5 – 2.5
Polo Ponies 2.0 – 2.5
Standardbred Racehorses 2.0 – 3.0
Thoroughbread Racehorses 2.5 – 4.0
Equestrian Horses 3.0 – 4.0
Show Horses > 4.0
Broodmares 2.5 – 4.0
Allowing body condition to fall below a score of 2 is likely to compromise a horse’s welfare.
During winter, a long heavy hair coat complicates visual appraisal. You need to run your hands over the horse to get an accurate score.
Poor body condition is not always due to lack of feed but could be related to parasite infestations, poor dental ability to forage.
Fig 2. A horse in very poor condition.
Note prominence of spine pelvis and ribs,
lack of muscling and tightness of skin
over bones.
Fig 3. Another horse in very poor condition.
Note the marked ewe neck.
The above horses are examples of a body score of 1 to 2 none of the Jenkins horses look like this so get a grip and return the horses all the Jenkins horses score at a 4 to 5 some had rainrot due to weather but when you have animal control officers gunning for therapy horses they will go to any length to defraud including one of the Vets from Cascade West, this vet the state vet Gilliam and the Animal officer Hornberg and Titzel should be forced to resign based upon FRAUD!!!!!!
Fig 5. Measurement of girth and length.
A ruler is used to connect the appropriate values on the condition score and height scales, and the weight is read where it intersects the weight scale.
Alternatively the weight can be calculated from the girth and length, using the formula:
weight (kg) = G2(cm) x L(cm) divided by 12000
Another method of weight estimation uses girth and length.
These measurements (in cm) can be used with the nomogram (figure 6) to estimate weight.
A ruler is used to connect the appropriate values on the girth and length scales, and the weight is read where it intersects the weight scale.
Fig 4. Nomogram for estimation of liveweight from condition score and height measurement.
Fig 6. Nomogram for estimation of liveweight from girth and length measurements.
Reference
Carroll,C.L. and Huntington, P.J. (1988) Body condition scoring and weight estimation of horsesEquine Veterinary Journal20, 41-45.
A little reference about Miss Jennifer Jenkins under the alias Jennifer Cupp active 4-h member as a kid Grand Champion Stock Seat Equitation 1989, 10th Place Parade of Champions Halter. and multiple 4—H and Open show record all placing in top 7 and a multiple trophy saddle winner in timed events.
I Jennifer Jenkins aka Jennifer Cupp placed 5th in the State of Washington for Judging Horse Conformation and movement. I learned veterinary care from Dr. Guthrie of Snohomish Washington and the Snohomish and Marysville Cenexs is where I buy most of my grain source feed including locale Lewis county retailers. Good Quality hay has been bought from Fire Mountain Farms, Alidea Godfrey the Norris’, the Townsends and John Smith.
Mrs. Guthrie and Pat Pheling were my 4-H Leaders and they would be ashamed at how Lewis county has treated me. I am also a notary experienced in real estate chain of titles, ( I bought State Route 508, not State highway 508 and everyone’s pissed) a medical assistant with 25 years of treating people and 35 years of farm life treating all types of animals.
So look out Titzel, Hornberg and Gilliam its time you guys retired and a real Medical Professional that respects the code, takes over and that would be me Jennifer Jenkins so if any of the real horsemen and cattle producers that have the Balls to show up at the Planning meeting I hope you insist on a different procedure for seizure of livestock as it stands Lewis County is illegally horse rustling and cattle wrangling for their own benefit, so if you cant back up the seizure by clinical lab work drawn in front of the owner or have the owner employ vet for lab work the same day you better get out of the business, get have the clinical proof before you endanger any more animals being taking from their homes that love them that is their life and livelihood.
I Jennifer Jenkins have a right to enjoyment at my property and enjoyment of my horses free from harassment and free from trespassers that keep destroying the improvements, stealing my feed and harassing and injuring my horses. My daughter Rainey wants to be a veterinarian and what Lewis county is doing is deplorable. I was appointed David Brown who wont even return my phone calls Mr Brown has been provided with feed receipts and a list for witnesses but hasn’t done anything and based upon the amount of feed I have purchased it would support more than 9 horses adequately.
My daughters horse Mystery was found dead on 2/11/2016 and we called the police at 16:43pm but no one responded She had a perfect circle cut out of her face on the right side since no one responded she was buried by Keith A. Zack not once but twice and am still unsure how the horse got unburried and moved a third time who had a lasso on her when found by GIllliam who failed to ask permission to enter.
I needed help to rescue my son Hunterhawks’ horse Silver Star who got stuck in the mud and Animal Control abused the presenting circumstances who hurt Silver Star terribly onsite in my field and in the horse trailer. Their was no lasso on Silver Star when animal control arrived, however there was a also a lasso that was removed from my front porch and mysteriously ended up on SilverStar the horse stuck in the mud and is documented by picture.
There were no injuries on SilverStar when both Rainey and I saw her before her falling in the mud and the horse was only stuck in the mud for 20 minutes prior to sheriff and animal control arriving.
They also altered coat patterns onsite on scene and the presenting problem is shaved hair vs actual disease. The only thing the Animal Control Department of Lewis County has demonstrated and shown me is procurement by fraud and harassment but this seems to be in every department of Lewis County Government. Hornberg Gilliam and Titzel should be charged for animal cruelty and abuse at the Jenkins Ranch. Oh and by the way eIll be filing a Motion to Reconsider before 30 days expires since my lawyer isn’t representing me or helping me get my horses back.
To all the people who have complained or posted I am not any of things you have said and if the County wasn’t trying to pull a fast one you would see pictures of all the horses without coat patterns altered but check the police report youll see what the county did to my bay mare Ruby so take the blinders off and make the county accountable for all their actions or vote in a new Animal Control Officer that will work with animal owners and set up safety plans and feeding guidelines and someone who will take blood samples day of complaint and that person would be me Jennifer Jenkins, I am tired of being Lewis Counties test dummy to repeatedly victimize to see what I have to say or write in a legal document so it can be used later by the lawyers in Lewis county. I have court on May 11th, 2016 so I urge whoever to show up and sign in to testify for or against me so I can cross examine you. Have a blessed Day Miss Jennifer Jenkins
FYI The Jenkins horses were not water starved a simple pinch test would have confirmed or denied this when you pinch the neck of animal its either snaps back into place or leaves a visible wrinkle…
The Jenkins ranch
So are they going to make glue out that horse? His tail might make good violin parts.
And I think its funny that your guys are being POS to me, when I didn’t even insult or anything to anyone. So who’s the one with better morals? The guy who thinks humans deserve to be treated better? Or the people who are POS to that guy for his opinion?
Listen, animals are just animals. And Ms. Lamb, your “God”, didn’t he give us domain over all the animals?? So your “God” doesn’t even care.
To attempt to speak to “Dude” is a waste of anyone’s time as he obviously wasn’t raised with morals, love, principles or ethics….very sad, but the bigger issue is that these horses, God’s living creatures….just like POS, “Dude” get the help they need. This inhumane treatment is far too common and so wrong. Don’t have animals you cannot care for!! The only excuse worse than “ignorance”is wickedness….and I see both the woman in custody, and “Dude” are cut from the same pathetic ignorant and wicked rug.
Bring it on. Horses are dumb as F$$$ animals. And plus they’re just that, animals. I don’t give a flying F$$$ if you think I’m insensitive, its my opinion and I didn’t threaten anybody,but you did. So I’m already a better person than you, animals and stupid, you’re stupid, maybe you should go live in the wild with said dumb as F$$$ animals if you like them so much. Do you have an unnatural love for animals? Kinky freak.
For all the people that called and complained. See your Tax Dollars at work. No body cameras, no public accountability. I had to go to jail just to get the sand bags picked up that layed on city sidewalks for years. But notice all the public officials they spend thousands on new shiney signs
I like many go by this place all the time. When she went from 5 horses to 8 I called it in. Now 9? goodness that place can’t be a acre!
To “true american:”
Have you ever driven by her place? She has way too many horses for the amount of space and they are NOT fed in the “barn,” which in no way is big enough to hold the number of horses she has at any given time anyway, but are fed outside, lately with flimsy canopies (the kind you buy at Walmart) over the round bales. The horses are in her yard and I have even seen them on her porch. She doesn’t keep them in the muddy area only in the winter as she lets her other pasture recover and grow BECAUSE SHE HAS NO OTHER PASTURE. The only time those horses get off the mud is when she takes one or two out and ties them by the side of the road to eat grass – or in the summer when the mud finally turns to hard dirt.
Also, the amount of daylight doesn’t mean squat. Responsible owners go out with a flashlight and look their stock over and don’t go days (it sounds like this poor little guy could have been laying in the mud for a couple of days) without accounting for ALL your animals. And it’s not like she has to trek out to the back forty – she all those animals on maybe an acre or so.
I understand about animals. I have plenty myself. I know the challenges of winter feeding and mud. But if you have so many horses in one cramped little area that you don’t even notice one wallowing in the mud, or at least notice that you have one missing, then you have too damn many and you are guilty of neglect and abuse.
Deadly numbers
Ongoing breeding and longer life spans have created an estimated surplus of 170,000 horses each year.
Rescue groups can offer safe haven to only 33,000 horses.
Long-haul trucks ferried 102,554 horses to slaughter houses in Mexico last year and 39,523 horses to facilities in Canada.
In foreign slaughterhouses, horsemeat is processed and shipped to countries such as France, Belgium and Japan that consider it a delicacy.
Like many others, I have passed by this place probably thousands of times over the years and looked at these horses. Twice, I have stopped and put a loose horse back in when no one was home; the day after the first time, I stopped by to tell her I had put one of her horses back in and she pretty much called me a liar. The only reason why I never reported the horses was 1) because despite the conditions they were in, they looked to be in good flesh, and 2) I’ve driven by there several times when there was one or more deputies there so I figured they were well aware of the conditions. This woman is a horse hoarder – she seems to cut her numbers to just a few horses (maybe because she has been cited?) but then she turns around and lets them breed and multiply until she has way too many for the space again. Hopefully all these horses go to good, caring, and responsible homes and she is never allowed to have horses again.
I get a kick out of that wanna be horse sh*tter with the sunglasses. CMT is not real life.
Most people keep horses in muddy conditions and save the real pasture for foraging in spring as to not to damage the land. Too many horses in an enclosed barn lot and feed them hay. Water does not drain when horse hoof prints capture the rain water it can be as much 1-2 foot deep. This horse just happened to the weaker ones and got trapped and fell. The other horses probably walked on it as the muddiest spots are around entrances to pens and barns. The lady probably didnt check on her horses everyday like she should. Possibly at work during the day and it was dark at night when she checked on them and thought maybe the horse didnt want to come in the barn but was stuck and needed help. Stuff like this happens on the farm. You citiots see stuff like this and get a shock. But im sure she most likely cared for this horse,… but when you get stretched thin on time and resources stuff like this can happen. Give this lady a break. Animals can and do get trapped in mud. Putting her jail is doing nothing for anyone except collect money for the courts.
How ironic. This place once had up a dirty decaying piece of plywood that was spay painted “we train horses”
Dude: Let me have your address…I’ll set up a date for us to go “play” in the mud! I promise you it won’t be my fault if anything happens to you. ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
STFU dude! Are you really that stupid?!?!
It’s a stupid horse. She needs to be let out of jail and needs to be compensated for being arrested. And I’m sure she didn’t do it on purpose.
I’m no animal rights activist but stuff like this pisses me off and I have an idea where the horse got those lacerations and abrasions. God gives us dominion over animals but I doubt this is what He had in mind. I hope they prosecute this woman to the fullest, although the prosecutor’s office will probably plea it down…they always do.
Un#@&?ingbelievable!!! This B#!&$ should be thrown in the mud and treated the same way! She has children, i wonder how she cares for them?!
It’s about time that some one took notice,the ever day horse lover who has passed this house and that has called about this place over and over and nothing has happened many things have happened at this home of abuse, it’s a shame that Lewis county can’t get some real laws about abuseing animals that have no voice. It’s takes a poor innocent animal to almost loose it’s life. Let’s see if Lewis county really gives a hoot about this kind of abuse. Better laws and more people take the initiative don’t just sit there report this kind of cruelty until somebody listens this time should be jail for them.
REALLY??? An animal is supposed to survive in circumstances as depicted in the above picture? AND that is what a young and supposedly healthy horse looks like now a days? WOW, I must have just woke up from a coma or something! This makes me SICK! What if no one intervened? Would this young horse had suffered the same horrific way of life as Justice, the female pitbull that was found sexually assaulted and hung (while still alive) at Summit Lake in late March if someone would not have called authorities? AND no, there is no f****** excuse. This person SHOULD never ever be allowed to be a pet owner! I don’t care what their lane excuse us, this is animal curelty. THIS inconsiderate woman makes me SICK and deserves prison time!