Incompetence on a Grand Scale!!

The HSPCA were "monitoring" a couple who had three emaciated horses. They gave them chance after chance after chance until one of the horses died. It was only then that the society actually took some action. They told them they would be back on a specific date (huge mistake!). While returning to the horse property, they saw the owners dragging the two surviving horses behind their truck down the highway. They said they were taking the horses to the vet (after being told by the vet it was safe to do so in such a manner). The vet didn't say anything like that at all, so they were blatantly trying to avoid the authorities. In fact their evasion tactics weren't even addressed. They were so calculated in their actions that they went to the extreme of burning the body of the dead horse. The two other horses later died. Those poor horses perished because the society didn't act more quickly. Then there's the case of Princess the incredibly sweet Arabian mare. She along with several other horses were being starved to death, all the while being "monitored" by the society. The situation was so bad that Princess had also become severely crippled. When the society eventually did something and seized the horses, she could barely walk. During the court hearing, one of the officers said that each time she visited the property, Princess was down. This was over a course of months and the wretched woman did NOTHING!!! Turned out Princess had floundered so badly that some of the bones in her feet had punctured the soles of her hooves. She must have been in absolute agony for a long period of time, and all the flipping HSPCA could do for her was to put her to sleep. There's an extremely good chance Princess would still be alive had they taken action at the FIRST sign of neglect (NOT months down the line!!). And what about Mama Mia and Super Trooper?? Mama Mia was emaciated and had given birth to a foal named Super Trooper. When they were brought into the HSPCA, Mum was so weak that she could not feed her baby properly. There was some hope for Mama Mia as she was perky and eating well. Then one of the staff members made the decision to take Super Trooper home with her, so she could feed him. The next few days were not good for Mama Mia. She stopped eating and was depressed. The HSPCA decided to have her put to sleep. It obviously didn't occur to them that having her baby taken away might just have been a MAJOR contributing factor to her decline. That was the FIRST thing that I thought when I watched the episode. I also saw the one in which a dog with a broken leg was thought to be so beyond repair that his leg would have to be amputated. He surprised them all when his leg healed itself completely. I shudder to think of how many animals have had limbs removed/been euthanized because supposedly trained professional vets got it wrong. And there was a staff member who put cats into their cages covered in fleas because she'd forgotten to treat them. With staff like that you have to wonder how many mistakes are made.

I will NOT be watching again!