A woman who runs a horse rescue in Hagersville said she had previous dealings with the woman who left multiple animal remains behind when she moved away from a Grey Country farm.
Brenda Thompson said in 2013 she went to a property where Debra White was selling horses.
Thompson said she was so concerned about the welfare of the horses she paid the owners $600 for five horses, all in poor condition.
One in particular needed help.
“She was emaciated, terrified she had an injured eye,” said Thompson.
Another of the horses had to be euthanized. Thomson felt they couldn’t wait for the OSPCA to act.
“Because people had been calling the OSPCA and often times nothing happens,” she said.
Fast forward two and a half years, when a new tenant discovered multiple animal remains on a Grey County farm.
The farm had been rented previously for two years by White who told Global News on Wednesday that the animals were either killed for consumption or died of natural causes.
Turns out she was the very same person who Thompson purchased the horses from.
Kathryn Green said she first alerted Thompson to the horses out of frustration by a lack of action by the OSPCA.
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She said she couldn’t believe it when she saw that the same people are being investigated in connection with the discovery of dozens of animal remains.
“Now to see this news story completely breaks my heart because it could have totally been avoided,” said Green.
The OSPCA said it can’t confirm whether there was an investigation in 2013 due to privacy laws.
However, when Global News went back to White’s current house a man there admitted there had been one.
“A lot of people get investigated,” said the man who declined to provide his name.
He said the OSPCA determined everything was okay
He also said that not all the dead animals left on the farm were theirs.
“They were there, a lot of them, yes, I should know, I was there,” he said.
The OSPCA has confirmed it is investigating the grisly discovery, but the people who reported it said the agent who came didn’t even take photographs of the remains.
An OSPCA spokesperson wouldn’t confirm that saying whether photos were taken is part of the investigation.
“That is not going to be released. That is evidence,” said Alison Cross over the phone.
Thompson has been left disheartened saying the agency charged with protecting animal isn’t doing its job.
“Why does it take a bunch of dead carcasses on a farm for something to happen? This should have been investigated years ago when it was called in.”
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