175 collies need help

[Corinna]

I am just sick about an situation we have happening in our state. On Thursday (10-31) the border patrol stopped a truck with 175 Collie and Shelties plus 11 cats . The animals were starving(2 have died already. ) they were traveling from alaska to arizona . The undersheriff for the county took control of them . The couple are being charged with 5 counts of animal abuse. I have not heard how or when they will be adopting out the dogs. They have them now at the local fairgrounds(they is no shelter in the area) The need money sent for food and meds. The funds can be sent to Community Collie Rescue fund,2060 Main , Shelby montana 59474 I have my name in for info when any info comes avalable. Also WWW. thegreatfallstribune.com will have more as the story continues. If intrested in getting on a list for one when avilable call Donna aTHE UNDERSHERIFF 406-434-5585

[aly]

I'll send what I can. It won't be too much because I have been spending way too much money on my fosters. I feel so bad I hope the rest of the lives can be saved. Poor babies who died

[ramanth]

I get paid tomorrow and I'll see what I can do. As of now, I plan to send some money to Rosie's shelter.

BTW.. Corrina, I got a "Page Not Found" error trying to find the link you provided to The Great Falls Tribune. There's no 'the' in the url.

The Great Falls Tribune

[Corinna]

Sorry I hadn't checked it. That is what the lady at the sheriffs office told me. I can't figure is how the canadian patrols let this truck in .

[tatsxxx11]

A friend of mine who runs a Sheltie/Collie rescue group here in the N.E. told me about this horrorying story this morning. I will send a donation today. I pray they survive this unconscienable abuse

[Sudilar]

Unbelieveably tragic.

[Logan]

Oh dear..........what in the world were these people doing???

[Logan]

Can't find the story on the link, but will certainly keep all of these precious babies in my thoughts and prayers.

[ParNone]

Hi ya'll,

I've been following this story the last couple of days, on the
Collie List I joined a couple of months ago, when I got Oz.
The person responsible is evidently a well known breeder and
quite a few in the Collie community have either been aware or
suspicious of her breeding practices since 1992. One can only
hope that being caught will finally stop her.

I look over at Oz and I just can't fathom abusing such a
sweet and trusting soul. They're such a sensitive, loving breed.
I doubt they'd even think to fight back if abused.

Par...

[ParNone]

Here's a link to a website that was put together several years
ago, by a European lady who visited Valiant's kennel and was
able to get some pics:

http://www.gironet.nl/home/collie2/valiant.htm

[aly]

UUUUUUGHHHHH! Those pics are awful!!!!!!!! I want to beat that woman with my bare hands.

[ramanth]

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr......

[Corinna]

Today's update: They arn't going to adopt the dogs out for at least 5 months . 2 reasons I the dogs are so ill they will need that long to be healthy If they survive. 2 they are now evidence They have now charge the couple with 184 counts of misdmeaner curelty to animals. $500.00 fine and 3-5 years per count.
I am donating half my christmas sales from my spinning and knitting. its going to be a long and expensive deal. parnone what collie site were you on? i'm getting just our local news and this is about 200 miles and over the contanetal devide from me. Would like more info. thanks

[ParNone]

Hi Corinna!

I'm on the Collie-L and Colliedogs yahoo lists.

Here's the addy to subscribe to Collie-L:
[email protected]

and for Colliedogs:
[email protected]

It seems like Colliedogs was easier to join.
I think I had to write an intro email to join Collie-L.

There's been a flurry of posts on both lists with
quite a bit of information and also quite a bit of
fighting too over this.

Par...

[Rachel]

It's a shame that European lady or others who were aware of this situation didn't report what they saw at that kennel.