South Carolina Rescue Charged
Owner of horse rescue in Abbeville County charged in animal abuse case By Charmaine Smith-Miles (Contact) Tuesday, May 20, 2008 · HONEA PATH — The owner of Pure Thoughts Inc., a horse rescue organization in Honea Path, faces six counts of ill treatment of animals. Abbeville County Sheriff Charles Goodwin said Tracy Steiger was charged Monday and has been released on bond until her trial. If convicted on three or more of those charges, Steiger faces a possible two years in jail and a $2,000 fine, according to state law. Sheriff Goodwin said no one else has been charged in the case at this time. No trial date has been set. Steiger was charged after Abbeville County deputies seized five horses from Steiger’s property last week. The deputies were called out after Patrick Dotson, a horse transporter from Kentucky, showed up at Steiger’s farm Tuesday to transport two horses for Sterling Silver Farm Equine Rescue. Dotson was waiting for someone to arrive with the horses’ paperwork when he noticed the animals’ condition and alerted authorities. The Palmetto Equine Awareness and Rescue League, based in Anderson County, temporarily has taken in the two horses Dotson was transporting. Abbeville deputies also found one foal dead and removed five other horses from the property. Those horses have been treated by a veterinarian, been groomed and been placed on a special diet at the Palmetto Equine Awareness and Rescue League. The league’s owner, Nicole Walukewicz, said an older Arabian horse named Chloe is missing from the Honea Path facility. Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of this horse is asked contact Abbeville County Sheriff’s Office at (864) 446-60
Owner of horse rescue in Abbeville County charged in animal abuse case By Charmaine Smith-Miles (Contact) Tuesday, May 20, 2008 · HONEA PATH — The owner of Pure Thoughts Inc., a horse rescue organization in Honea Path, faces six counts of ill treatment of animals. Abbeville County Sheriff Charles Goodwin said Tracy Steiger was charged Monday and has been released on bond until her trial. If convicted on three or more of those charges, Steiger faces a possible two years in jail and a $2,000 fine, according to state law. Sheriff Goodwin said no one else has been charged in the case at this time. No trial date has been set. Steiger was charged after Abbeville County deputies seized five horses from Steiger’s property last week. The deputies were called out after Patrick Dotson, a horse transporter from Kentucky, showed up at Steiger’s farm Tuesday to transport two horses for Sterling Silver Farm Equine Rescue. Dotson was waiting for someone to arrive with the horses’ paperwork when he noticed the animals’ condition and alerted authorities. The Palmetto Equine Awareness and Rescue League, based in Anderson County, temporarily has taken in the two horses Dotson was transporting. Abbeville deputies also found one foal dead and removed five other horses from the property. Those horses have been treated by a veterinarian, been groomed and been placed on a special diet at the Palmetto Equine Awareness and Rescue League. The league’s owner, Nicole Walukewicz, said an older Arabian horse named Chloe is missing from the Honea Path facility. Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of this horse is asked contact Abbeville County Sheriff’s Office at (864) 446-60