News From Members
SELR'S LLAMA PERSONAL.....URGENT RESCUE NEEDS IN OHIO
We have been notified of an urgent situation in the
Toledo area of northwest Ohio.
There are 80 llamas belonging to an individual who is ill and can
no longer care for the animals.
Evidently it has been a long spiral downwards because reports are
that there are a number of dead animals on the property and genders are
co-mingled. We have been
assured (although we have as yet been unable to substantiate) that the
owner is making sure that they do have hay and water every couple of
days but the animals need to be removed as quickly as possible.
At present we do not know specifics regarding
condition, ages, genders, etc.
Some are registered, some are not.
There are intact males, some geldings, females and females with
crias. Some of the females
may be pregnant. Some can
be handled, some have never been handled.
They have not been shorn for 2 years and there are not enough
halters and leads for them.
There are a group of folks from Ohio and surrounding
areas headed up there this Sunday to evaluate the situation and attempt
to determine the relative health of the animals as well as number, tag
and photograph them. Our
Ohio coordinator, Helen Carpenter will be heavily involved in this
assessment and has been working hard to muster as much support as
possible. These animals
will NOT necessarily all be handled via SELR although we intend to
provide as much support as possible through our network of foster homes
and transport volunteers.
We will be adding a special section to the SELR web
site once we have more information in order to post current information
regarding the overall situation as well as information on individual
animals which are available.
Again, SELR is not the primary responder in this situation and
any animals in the special section will be available as a "re-home"
rather than SELR adoption unless otherwise specified.
If you think you can provide space for one or two more
animals via a foster situation, you would like to add to your existing
herd, or if you are in a position to donate materially or financially,
please contact Helen Carpenter at
hcarpenter@heather-hill-llamas.com, phone 330-325-2421, cell
330-631-5703.
Please feel free to cross post far and wide.
Deborah Logan,
SOUTHEAST LLAMA RESCUE, Board of Directors, Adoption
Coordinator-AL/GA/TN/
www.southeastllamarescue.org
www.CafePress.com/SELR