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seamus:
an besides, come spring those sheep will be some kinda tasty!!!!!!!! Mint jelly mmm....mmm

Ursus:

--- Quote from: "seamus" ---my pops died in 86. He was an Irish immigrant,and functionally illiterae. However ,he once told me that the only way you could reall judge a man, was by how he treated his horse...was he wrong?
--- End quote ---
Ooh... personally, I think you could also include someone's dog, or pretty much any other domesticated animal someone is very close to... Other than that, I agree with your pops on this one.

Ursus:
"Breaking News" from Lon:

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Breaking News
Posted: Sep 21, 2010

Confirmed - Carolina Springs Academy Closed

Compiled by Lon Woodbury
September 21, 2010

Although we have been hearing through the Grapevine for some time that the controversial Carolina Springs Academy in South Carolina (part of the WWASPS collection of schools) had been closed, we had been unable to find any reputable confirmation or information on that on the Internet. However, recent news stories on Sept. 10th confirmed that it had indeed been closed down, with obviously some confusion and rancor accompanying the April 2009 closing. See stories One and Two. Not only is there still an issue of abandoned animals, but also legal action regarding unpaid rent for the property.

The owner of the school is identified as Narvin Lichfield of Utah, who had also been an owner of the now closed Dundee Ranch in Costa Rica. The last known on site administrator of Carolina Springs Academy was Elaine Davis.

Both Carolina Springs Academy and Narvin Lichfield have been involved with the controversial World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASPS), which is the target of an ongoing lawsuit by the Turley Law Firm of Dallas Texas. The copy of the latest amended version can be found at turleylaw.com, under Recent News and Filings. This version is the Fifth Amended Complaint dated January 15, 2010.


Copyright ©2010, Woodbury Reports, Inc.

Ursus:
Here's an updated version (different link) of the full article that ThomasC excerpted earlier:

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Prosecutor asks for SLED help in animal cruelty case

Kirk Brown · Anderson Independent Mail
Posted September 21, 2010 at 7:04 p.m.

ABBEVILLE — A prosecutor said Tuesday that he has asked the State Law Enforcement Division for assistance in investigating animal cruelty allegations at the site of a former boarding school.

Eighth Judicial Circuit Solicitor Jerry Peace called SLED's Piedmont District field office last week about the horses and sheep that were removed in August from a 450-acre tract near Due West in Abbeville County.

A number of decomposing livestock carcasses also were found on the property and Peace said he is hoping that SLED can provide a forensic veterinarian to investigate the case.

Peace's request came as a surprise to Chief Deputy Marion T. Johnson of the Abbeville County Sheriff's Office. Johnson said that an animal control officer had been monitoring the well-being of the animals at the former Carolina Springs Academy boarding school since June.

"The animals were not being deprived of food and water," Johnson said. He also said that the animals were removed from the property without the owner's permission.

Joe Mann, who spearheaded the removal of seven horses and more than 40 sheep from the property, disputed Johnson's comments.

Mann said that Narvin Lichfield, the owner of the horses and sheep, gave him permission to rescue them.

"The animals were dying," said Mann, who is president of the Greenwood County Humane Society's board of directors.

Mann said a foal died in his arms on the property because its mother was too weak to provide nourishment. He also said that the sheep had eaten the bark off trees on the property in a desperate bid to find food.

The horses and sheep that Mann removed from the property are being cared for at his ranch and in another landowner's pasture.

Lichfield and his attorney could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

Lichfield, who was the founder of the academy, has not been charged in the case of the animals. The school has been closed since earlier this year.


© 2010 Anderson Independent Mail.

Ursus:
National animal rights group wants SLED to investigate Abbeville County case

Kirk Brown · Anderson Independent Mail
Posted September 29, 2010 at 4:57 p.m., updated September 29, 2010 at 4:57 p.m.

ABBEVILLE — A national animal rights group attorney is urging the State Law Enforcement Division to take charge of an investigation into the mistreatment of livestock at a former boarding school in Abbeville County.

"I don't understand why state law enforcement is not getting involved," said Dana Campbell of the Animal Legal Defense Fund. "We need a criminal investigation."

Several starving horses and about 40 malnourished sheep were rescued from a 450-acre tract near Due West in August by Joe Mann, who is president of the Greenwood County Humane Society’s board of directors. Mann also discovered the skeletal remains of numerous livestock on the site where the now-closed Carolina Springs Academy was located.

Eighth Judicial Circuit Solicitor Jerry Peace asked for SLED's assistance in the case earlier this month. He said Wednesday that he has not heard back from the agency on his request for the appointment of a forensic veterinarian.

"I've done everything I can do," Peace said.

SLED spokeswoman Jennifer Timmons indicated in an email Wednesday that she was checking on the status of Peace's request.

Campbell, a former prosecutor who is recognized as a national expert in animal law, said she has consulted with Peace and Mann about the case. She said she also plans to contact SLED officials today.

Campbell said one of her main concerns is that no steps have been taken to secure the area where the animals were found.

The Animal Legal Defense Fund is a California-based organization that was formed in 1979 to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system.

In a related development, Abbeville County Sheriff's Detective Patrick Thompson and an Abbeville County animal control officer visited Mann's Greenwood County ranch on Tuesday to photograph the sheep that he rescued.

Mann said the encounter ended acrimoniously, adding that he still does not believe Abbeville County authorities are conducting a thorough investigation.

Det. Thompson declined to respond to Mann's comments, saying only that his investigation of the case is still pending and that no charges have been filed.

Narvin Lichfield, the founder of Carolina Springs Academy who has been identified as the owner of the horses and sheep, and his attorney could not be reached Wednesday.


© 2010 Anderson Independent Mail.

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