Equine Protection Network
www.equineprotectionnetwork.com
Nov 1, 2003

EPN at the Northeast Pet Expo
Save America's Horses Billboard Campaign Rides into Florida, Rhode
Island & Ohio!
PA Horse Dealer Convicted of Horse Cruelty!

EPN at the Northeast Pet Expo

Visit the EPN Booth at the Northeast Pet Expo held at Wachovia Arena
at the Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre, PA! Nov 1st & 2nd 10 AM to 8PM
on Sat & 10 AM to 6 PM on Sunday

http://www.northeastpetexpo.com/index.htm

Located directly off Interstate 81 (exit 168) and 5 miles from the
PA turnpike, the Wachovia Arena is a state-of-the-art facility with
plenty of parking and easy access. Centrally located in the heart
of Northeast Pennsylvania.

This family-oriented, pet friendly event, allows visitors to bring
their pets on a lead, and features animal entertainment,
presentations and educational seminars throughout the weekend.

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Save America's Horses Billboard Campaign Rides into Florida, Rhode
Island & Ohio!
http://www.saveamericashorses.com

Thanks to several Americans who chose to Join the Save America's
Horses Campaign, billboards are being posted in Florida, Rhode
Island and Ohio! PA currently has the most billboards located in
Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, York, Scranton, Reading, Ephrata, and
Coatesville with more going up! Illinois and Indiana both have two
billboards respectively.

Join the campaign to Save America's Horses! Send your tax deductible
donation marked, "Billboard Campaign", to the EPN, P.O. Box 232,
Friedensburg, PA 17933. The cost of sponsoring a billboard is
$500.00. Lesser donations are appreciated and will be used towards
the billboard campaign.


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September 30, 2003
PA Horse Dealer Convicted of Horse Cruelty

Lewis "Dink" Fisher of McVeytown, PA pled guilty to cruelty to
horses and failure to maintain records in Kylertown District Court
on September 29, 2003. The charges were filed by the PA State Police
after an investigation of the Parsonville Horse Auction in
Clearfield County, PA. District Justice Rudella fined Fisher $100.00
on each count and $63.00 in court costs for a total of $263.00.

Fisher pled guilty to failure to provide clean and sanitary shelter
to two horses that were maintained at the auction barn for a month.
The stalls at the auction were filled with manure and mud.

Fisher failed to maintain any records of the animals at the auction
as required under PA law. Horses sold through the auction did not
receive any backtags and purchasers could not obtain receipts. The
PA State Police requested records on two of the horses consigned to
the Parsonville Horse Auction and Fisher stated that no such records
existed. Fisher later testified under oath at Robert Keilman's
hearing for cruelty to horses that no records existed and never had.
Keilman was also convicted of cruelty to horses. The Parsonville
Horse Auction has since closed and is no longer in operation.

In September of 2002 the EPN was contacted regarding the sale of
horses that were either lame or debilitated at the Parsonville Horse
Auction in Clearfield County, PA. Lewis "Dink" Fisher operates the
auction. The complainants had contacted the local SPCAs, the PA SPCA
and the Department of Agriculture all to no avail.

The EPN worked with the complainant and the PA State Police, PSP, on
the ensuing investigation at the Parsonville Horse Auction. On
October 5, 2002 the EPN attended the Parsonville Horse Auction with
the PA State Police. The PSP and the EPN both observed 2 horses that
were less than a 3 on the Henneke Body Scoring Condition Chart. One
horse was obviously lame behind and the other had diarrhea. Both
horses were saddled and in the sale barn.

Keilman Hearing:

http://www.equineprotectionnetwork.com/sanctuary/triple8s.htm

Title 18 § 5511. Cruelty to animals

(c) Cruelty to animals.--A person commits a summary offense if he
wantonly or cruelly illtreats, overloads, beats, otherwise abuses
any animal, or neglects any animal as to which he has a duty of
care, whether belonging to himself or otherwise, or abandons any
animal, or deprives any animal of necessary sustenance, drink,
shelter or veterinary care, or access to clean and sanitary shelter
which will protect the animal against inclement weather and preserve
the animal's body heat and keep it dry. This subsection shall not
apply to activity undertaken in normal agricultural operation.



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