My mother lives beside a large inclosure that includes horses, goats , ducks, rabbits, sheep and other small animals all on about 8 to 10 acres. My problem is, well for one, the horses are corral in a pen that is less than a quarter of an acre with hardly anything to eat or drink, their up to their chest in mud, fecies. The goats and sheep wonder about with broken legs and are alway getting out of the enclosure on the road which is a busy highway and eating up my mothers yard , trees and dear plots.She has called the sherrifs numberous times and they cant seem to do anything about it The poor animals are literaly dying off by numbers . Please reffer me to someone that can help. She lives in crawford county illinois.
2007-01-26 02:31:36 · 5 answers · asked by myctm2005 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
The Crawford County Sheriff is Todd Liston. There should be an animal control department in the county, although I couldn't locate the number for you online. Contact the sheriff at 618-546-1515. If he is not willing to take action then I would contact PETA. There is no excuse for the local authorities to ignore 10 acres of malnourished and injured animals. The number to report animal emergencies to PETA is 757-622-7382. They will gladly step in and take action for these poor creatures if both the owner and the local authorities refuse to take responsiblity and do their jobs. THANK YOU for caring!
2007-01-26 05:26:43 · answer #1 · answered by Jennifer 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like the "good ole' boy system" strikes again.
I had the same problem in NorthCarolina at a horse farm.
The animal control people are probably good friends with the offender or the offender is good friends with the mayor/etc. They'll never get arrested if that's the case.
If you take some photos of the animals and property when YOU see them- like the sheep with broken legs, etc, then you have more ammo and you can go to someone like the city commissioner or the executive sherrif (who ever is in charge of the animal control in that county.)
2007-01-26 04:42:36 · answer #2 · answered by kerrisonr 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Call a local vet to investigate or give you a number of an animal rescue or try the humane shelter in your area.
2007-01-26 04:00:54 · answer #3 · answered by aunt t 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
call the local animal control. they can take the animals away.
2007-01-26 03:16:29 · answer #4 · answered by jamie c 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
call peta... if you can I know they are full of crazies but in this case it might help..... local paper
2007-01-26 04:39:35 · answer #5 · answered by GrassRootsRabbits 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋