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September 21, 2009

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EPN Sanctuary Program Accepts Former Champion Hunter-Junior
EPN Assists PA State Police on Cruelty Investigations

The EPN Sanctuary Program has accepted Junior, a former champion hunter on the
"A" Circuit into our program. Rather than put Junior down before his time, his
owner approached the EPN. Due to health issues resulting in exhorbitant medical
bills Junior's owner, who has cared for his mother and who created Junior 17
years ago is no longer able to care for him. The EPN could not stand by and
watch a responsible owner forced to kill their beloved horse due to health
reasons, especially while we read every day about how irresponsible owners,
owners who inflict pain and suffering on their horses, are given money because
they have abused their horses. We felt it was time to step up and help a
responsible owner.

The EPN has advocated for owner responsibility and accountability since its
inception. Responsible owners are urged to put their horses down, while
irresponsible owners are rewarded with money given to them by dealers and
rescues to purchase their neglected horse. It is almost unheard of to read about
a rescued horse whose owner was held accountable for their failure to care for
their horse. Instead the news story tells readers about how a rescue saved a
horse from neglect, the horrible conditon the horse was in when rescued, and
please send funds to care for the horse. The reader is never informed of what
happened to the owner for their failure to provide necesssary food, water,
shelter, and veterinary care.

The horse owned by the irresponsible owner is saved, while the horse owned by
the responsible owner receives a death sentence. When are we going to start
holding owners accountable for the neglect? When are we going to reward or
assist responsible owners when they need assistance?

Junior needs sponsors to help cover the cost of food, vaccinations, worming,
dental and farrier care.

$20.00 a month or $240.00 a year will cover the cost of all his vaccines and
wormer, and dental care.

$40.00 a month will cover the cost of providing Junior with front shoes which he
really prefers to have rather than being barefoot.

$50.00 a month will help cover the cost of Junior's hay and senior feed which he
needs in the winter.

Fortunately for Junior, horse owners have donated horse blankets and other horse
equipment for Junior to utilize.

You can choose to send monthly checks or payments via PayPal for any amount or
for the specific amounts mentioned above.

Junior will be having his own page with his story and pictures posted shortly.
He is a real sweetheart of a horse and everyone who has ever met him has fallen
in love with him.

If you cannot afford to send cash, then please remember to shop online at
IGive.com, to renew your magazine subscribtions through the EPN website magazine
fundraiser, purchase your Fly Predators through the EPN website, utilize EScrip,
or sell your items on Ebay using Mission Fish to select the EPN as your
benefactor. Every little bit helps cover the cost of feeding and caring for
Junior.

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EPN Assiste the PA State Police in Cruelty Investigation

The EPN has again assisted the PA State Police in a cruelty investigation
involving several horses including mares and foals, and stallions. All of the
horses in question were scored a 1 or a 2 on the Henneke Body Condition Scoring
Chart. The owners has been arrested by the PA State Police on 7 counts of
cruelty to animals, Title 18, 5511 (c). A hearing date has yet to be set.

All of these horses are supposedly well bred paint and quarter horses with team
penning and cutting horse bloodlines.

This case is another example of the local SPCA being aware of the problem for
years and doing nothing resolve the situation.

The EPN assisted PSP in another horse cruelty case that resulted in the owners
being fined $500.00 each in the Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas.

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