We'll start with the "Demons" bit, then we can end on a good note:
"I killed every one of those f---ing horses, over 120 of them, if only they knew. I only have five left and the ones you have. Every one of them is dead.
"I don't even know their names and there wasn't a goddamn thing they could do about it because they gave me those horses." Kelsey Elva Lefever
Kelsey Elva Lefever offered rehoming and rehabilitation for horses who she then sold for slaughter. She now stands accused of five counts - one of deceptive business practices and four counts of theft by deception over the sale of four horses that saw them transported to a Canadian abattoir.
Three of the counts are felonies.
Kelsey Elva Lefever was caught when Sonja Wilhelmina Meadows of Animal’s Angels copied the lip tattoos of horses destined for slaughter. One of those horses was Beau Jacques a retired 5 year old Thoroughbred racehorse.
Beau Jacques owner Kevin Patterson had already spent $1000 on vet bills for Beau Jacques before he gave him to Kelsey Elva Lefever for rehoming along with an $200 and 10 bags of horse feed.
"Patterson told Lefever that if she ever needed more money to help care for Beau Jacques while she sought a new home for him, he would be willing to give her whatever she needed and that he thought what she was doing for the horses was terrific," Trooper Colleen Shelly, of the Pennsylvania State Police Department.
When Patterson was told that Beau Jacques had gone to slaughter he contacted the police. Kelsey Elva Lefever 's preliminary hearing is set for February 6.
Angels:
Fleet of Angels operates a database of ordinary people all over North America who are willing to do their parts to get as many at-risk American and Canadian equines into safe homes as possible by offering transport. By joining forces, concerned citizens are able to organize lifesaving local transports - and in some cases even coordinate cross-country relays, through Fleet of Angels directory of 'angels' to move at-risk horses from danger to safety without much expense to any one person.
One willing participant may literally be the angel that saves a horse’'s life.
That's what the horse world needs - more angels.
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