Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Abused animal - call the authorities Date:   4/19/2016 3:16:31 PM

Perhaps you have read in the newspaper about owners that were arrested and charged with starving a horse to death.  While I am glad that they have been charged, you know that horse did not starve to death overnight.  Someone probably saw that horse in the field getting thinner and weaker over a period of time, until it could no longer stand, and then it lay in the field for two days until it died.  I have no idea why someone - anyone, would not have called the authorities well before this point. 

If you see an animal starving please contact the authorities or the local shelter, because there are programs to help feed animals if the owner can no longer afford to do so.  Please contact authorities if you see an animal abused, tied out in the sun with no shade or water, or starving. If you yourself don't want to make the call, please contact the shelter or maybe a vet and ask them to make a call for an animal welfare check. 

Animals have no voice, so it's up to us to help them. 

Please spay or neuter your pets and please get them tagged or mirochipped.  The shelter runs monthly trips, for low cost spaying and neutering.  Contact the Lake Martin Animal Shelter for more information.  ( I am in no way connected to the shelter, but I am aware of these programs.)  And if have the desire for a pet, please adopt.