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From YouTube: Animal Preservation in Buncombe County
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Normally when people think of animal abuse, they think of starving/neglected dogs and cats. But did you know that larger animals, like horses can also be victims? Learn how Buncombe County keeps these animals safe with their many programs in this production featuring County Commissioner Ellen Frost.
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So,
first
we're
going
to
talk
to
sheriff
and
Duncan
about
the
legal
aspects
of
animal
control
and
what
animal
control
officers
sometimes
encounters
on
a
daily
basis
of
people
trying
to
do
the
best
thing
with
horses,
but
not
sometimes
getting
a
little
over
their
head
and
sometimes
they're
just
questions
of
absolute
neglect,
which
is
a
sad
reality
and
we're
also
going
to
talk
to
Don
Collins,
who
handles
the
county's
horse.
Operations,
he's
also
an
alderman
and
black
mountain
and
what
he
does.
When
Animal
Control
hears
about
a
case.
A
Don
goes
out
and
verifies
that
the
animal
should
be
seized,
and
then
it
comes
to
his
barn
and
frequently
with
horses
they're
in
such
bad
condition
of
neglect.
They
have
to
be
brought
on
very
slowly
and
Don
as
an
expert
in
this
and
finally
you're
going
to
get
to
meet
pixie.
The
inspiration
for
this
story,
an
extraordinary
Pony
that
was
near
death
and
now
on
to
recovery.
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What
it
does
is
you
take
a
deputy
sheriff
whose
expertise
is
in
the
animal
ordinances
that
responds
to
that
call?
But
if
they
respond
to
a
situation
and
we've
had
this
happen
on
several
occasions
where
the
owners
were
into
other
criminal
activities
and
it
turns
out
to
be
a
risky
and
more
of
a
dangerous
type
call
than
you
would
want
to
send
someone.
You
did
not
have
those
full
powers
of
arrest
and
did
not
have
the
tools
of
the
trade
to
be
able
to
handle
those
things.
B
When
they
come
up,
we
get
a
lot
of
different
calls.
We
get
abandoned
animals,
we're
just
moving
into
a
new
program
with
our
cats
and
with
our
feral
cat
program
and
how
we're
going
to
deal
with
those
things,
but
a
lot
of
times.
It's
it's
abuse
and
neglect
calls
and
a
lot
of
times.
It's
abandoned
animal
calls.
The
buncombe
county
ordinances
concerned
domesticated
animals
like
dogs,
cats,
horses,
cows,
that
sort
of
thing.
A
Buncombe
county
has
a
tremendous
reputation
and
it's
full
of
wonderful,
wonderful
dog
owners.
It
has
tremendous
animal
welfare
groups
so
that
we
can
show
the
progress
we've
made
in
animal
welfare
so
that
a
live
release,
rated
R,
Buncombe
County
Animal
Shelter,
is
almost
ninety
percent.
Now
we've
made
tremendous
inroads
and
we,
and
so
knowing
that
we
good
animal
ownership
and
responsibility
just
goes
with
knowing
and
educating
the
public
what
they
can
do
and
horses
are,
we've
really
not
done
a
lot
with
horses
and
they're
not
for
the
faint-hearted.
It's
a
wonderful
idea.
A
In
the
spring
and
summer
you
see
lots
of
grass
and
horses
and
fields
and
isn't
it
easy,
but
two
huge
undertaking
and
sometimes
run
into
problems,
I
very
involved
in
animal
welfare
and
Don
Collins
horse
facility
in
black
mountain
and
so
frequently
I'll
go
over
and
see
what
the
horses
are
doing
and
how
they
are,
and
one
afternoon
I
went
over
and
saw
this
extraordinary,
Pony
and
I
asked
on
about
her
and
what
was
unique
about
the
pony.
In
spite
of
the
horrible
condition
she
had.
This
lovely
manner
about
her
and
I
thought.
C
Sheriff's
office
was
contacted
about
the
horse
and
I
think
some
of
the
neighbors
were
concerned.
As
far
as
the
condition
sheriff's
office
did
their
normal
routine
investigation,
talk
to
the
owner
and
finally
made
the
decision
that
the
horse
needed
to
be
what
they
call
a
seizure.
That
horse
was
then
picked
up
by
myself.
If
I'm
not
mistaken,
she
rated
at
one
and
a
half
on
the
scale
of
one
to
seven
and
that
and
one
being
close
to
death
one.
She
was
not
there,
but
she
was.
D
Friend
of
mine,
ill
and
frost
contacted
me,
and
she
knows
that
I
teach
lessons
and
have
a
rotting
program,
and
so
she
called
me
and
said:
there's
this
little
horse,
that's
been
rescued
and
I
think
that
she
might
be
a
good
horse
for
your
program.
So
I
went
out
to
black
mountain
and
was
introduced
to
pixie
and
she
was
very
skinny
at
the
top.
D
She
had
lost
a
significant
amount
of
weight
and
almost
it
almost
decided
to
put
her
to
sleep
and
her
coat
condition
was
very
poor
and
all
that
so
I
watched
her
move
and
was
able
to
work
with
her
a
little
bit
and
decided
to
take
her
and
I
adopted
her
in
June,
and
so
it's
taken
about
six
to
seven,
maybe
eight
months.
But
now
her
body
condition
is
up
and
she's
very
healthy
and
I'm
training
her
to
be
a
lesson
horse
in
my
program
and
so
far,
she's
been
very
good.
D
C
C
You
have
a
lot
of
folks
I,
think
that
just
turn
them
out
into
a
pastor
and
assume
that
if
they're
in
the
pasture
that
they've
got
all
the
knee
deep
and
you
a
horse
always
has
to
have
hay
or
plenty
of
pasture
to
be
eating
and
what
you'll,
having
a
lot
of
times
in
the
wintertime
is
you'll
you'll
have
pasture,
but
it's
all
picked
down
and
a
horse's,
their
body
condition
starts
going
down
special
in
its
cold
weather
and
they
need
shelter.
They
need
a
place
to
get
in
out
the
cold
freezing
rain.
C
The
cold
itself
is
not
so
bad.
It's
the
freezing
rain
that
it
really
puts
art
on
horse.
Working
with
this
program,
we've
had
a
lot
of
success
stories.
We've
had
probably
over
100
horses
come
through
while
I've
been
working
with
sheriff's
office
and
had
horses
that
were
surrendered,
horses
that
were
were
seized
and
we
found
a
lot
of
good
homes
form.
E
So
it
gives
them
a
little
bit
more
exposure
and
at
that
point
and
we
help
in
receiving
applications
on
them
and
getting
them
adopted
out,
I
think
right
now
we
have
12
available
horses
and
that
number
does
fluctuate
throughout
the
year.
We
do
usually
see
a
spike
in
the
number
of
horses
that
we
have
in
the
summertime.
The
application
for
our
horses
and
any
of
our
livestock
is
a
pretty
basic
application.
E
It
does
ask
for
photos
of
the
enclosure
that
they're
going
to
be
kept
in,
as
well
as
the
housing
or
the
barn
that
they'll
be
kept
in
and
if
you're
going
to
be
transporting
them,
we've
done
quite
a
few
horse
adoptions
that
have
been
over
state
lines
or
add
up
County.
Then
it
does
asked
to
include
a
picture
of
the
trailer
that
they'll
be
transported.
A
In
you
know,
sometimes
getting
a
horse
or
even
a
little
pony
seems
like
a
light
undertaking,
but
we
need
more
education
and
the
people
in
Buncombe
County.
Ninety-Nine
percent
of
the
people
have
the
best
of
intentions,
but
sometimes
you
know
taking
a
large
animal
on
is
a
larger
commitment
and
some
people
know
so.
What
we
wanted
to
do,
especially
with
this
video,
is
really
talk
about
awareness.
What
happens?