A great big thank you to the Young Professionals of Washington Co for thinking about the animals of True Blue Animal Rescue by collecting and donating food, treats and a check for them. Pictured on the left is Jennifer Phillips of the Young Professionals, giving a donation to Melanie DeAeth, President, True Blue Animal Rescue.
Puppy # 6 is adopted! His new name is Hootie and as you can see his family loves him very much! If you’re interested in adopting a puppy check out the line up of adoptable pets. We have pups available and more pups coming as they are old enough to put up for adoption!
When Emery turned 9 she didn’t ask for gifts for herself, she asked for gifts for the animals! True Blue Animal Rescue horses were blessed when she showed up on Sunday with horse feed, buckets, halters and $161 to buy more feed! Thank you Emery and your wonderful family. You have a heart of gold.
TBAR president, Melanie DeAeth, was interviewed and quoted in this YeePet article, “3 Things Rescue Volunteers Want You to Know About Homeless Pets“. It is a great article that includes many rescue quotes and perspectives. Check it out!
Success story…TBAR’s Bella was adopted earlier this year by Ben, who is a student at A&M and far from his home and family in Tennessee. Ben contacted us to send Thanksgiving wishes and let us know that Bella is with him, visiting his family. This picture just says it all…she’s a great dog and good with the entire family.
As her foster Mom, this just warms my heart. – Whitney
Save the Date to Get your Santa Photo with your family! –including your pets. Two dates – Two locations – Dec 10 at the Brenham Library. Dec 11 at Brenham Home Depot.
The Animals of True Blue Animal Rescue would like to thank Daniel Gaskamp (center) for sharing his birthday with the animals by asking for donations of food for the animals for his birthday. Thanks to his generosity the animals will be well fed for quite a while! Daniel and Teresa Gaskamp are a blessing to TBAR and all the animals. Love this picture of them with their children during Daniels party.
Drop by the TBAR booth to meet Lil’Hombre, the chi-weenie puppy!
Pete, Shane, and Potsie will also be there. All vendor booths will be located in the back parking lot of the Ant Street Inn.
Update: Thanks to all those volunteers who came out to help — Thanks Amy Hemsell, Whitney Twiss Maldonado, Cheryl Garner and James Taylor.
And our new volunteer Jenni Parrish Skaug!
We had a lot of interest in the dogs — with many folks stopping by to just see the little guys.
We had 4 boy dogs that were the center of attention — Lil’Hombre, Pete, Potsie, and Shane.
Here is a great article from Rover.com that talks about the challenges animal rescues face, featuring some of our volunteers!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Horses Get Their Day In Court
True Blue Animal Rescue vs Waller County
On July 10, 2015, 34 cruelly treated horses were seized from Kathie Digilio from her property. Felony charges have been against Ms. Digilio regarding the horses which are pending.
True Blue Animal Rescue (TBAR) was requested by Waller County to care for the horses. True Blue Animal Rescue is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to helping abused and neglected animals. As part of this mission they support law enforcement by taking in animals that need to be removed from a neglectful or abusive situation. TBAR has been caring for the 34 horses since they were seized now 15 months ago.
On September 2, 2016, the Justice Court entered an Order of Disposition that all 34 horses were cruelly treated. However, the Order also included the return of 7 of these horses to Ms. Digilio, her pick. Three horses were supposed to be transferred to a buyer who allegedly bought them before the seizure in 2015. The 7 horses picked by Ms. Digilio are all mares. Two of the three horses that were supposed to have been purchased before the seizure are stallions (one still a colt). The rest of the horses, 24 of them, were awarded to TBAR.
Pursuant to an agreement between Ms. Digilio and Waller County, TBAR was to be reimbursed only a fraction of the cost to care for the 34 horses. TBAR was not a party to this agreement.
On October 3, 2016, TBAR filed an injunction against Waller County in the district court challenging the return of horses to Ms. Digilio and the alleged buyer, and is seeking to be fully reimbursed for the care given to the 34 horses. On the same day TBAR filed suit, a “Supplemental Order” was issued by the Justice Court that states the 24 horses awarded to TBAR were “unintentionally mistreated.” Seven horses were awarded to Ms. Digilio and 3 to the alleged buyer as stated above in the “supplement”.
The injunction filed by TBAR was granted on October 6, 2016. A hearing on the injunction has been set for November 21, 2016. TBAR is represented by Ms. Zandra Anderson, a trial attorney specializing in animal law. With her animal law knowledge and strength of fortitude True Blue Animal Rescue knows they are offering the horses the best chance possible.
TBAR is thankful for all of its volunteers who have rehabilitated these horses back to good health. TBAR remains committed to the welfare of all 34 horses. TBAR appreciates that there will likely be many questions about these turn of events. However, we will avoid further comment due to the pending litigation that we hope is swiftly resolved.