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Arizona Coalition for Equines (ACE) shared SAVE Havasupai Horses's post.

3 hours ago

***Action Alert!**

According to a recent story in the Arizona Daily Sun, Havasupai tribe member and CONVICTED ANIMAL ABUSER Leland Joe is ONCE AGAIN WORKING in the PACK ANIMAL BUSINESS!

According to this article dated 9-29-18 (https://azdailysun.com/news/progress-not-perfection-for-havasupai-horses/…):

After being jailed briefly for animal abuse in 2016 and then imprisoned in 2017 for breaking his three-year probation, Supai member Leland Joe is currently working with horses in the packing industry again. (Paid spokesperson for the Havasupai tribe Abbie) Fink wrote that “there was nothing stipulated in (Joe’s) federal sentencing that forbids him from working as a packer.” While she added that Joe is currently employed in the packing industry, she said none of his horses are being used for packing.

In April 2016, Joe was arrested and charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors related to cruel neglect and failure to provide necessary medical attention to one of his horses in Supai. After spending five days in jail, the felony charges were dismissed. Joe originally received three years of supervised probation after his 2016 jail time, where he was prohibited from owning or caring for horses. However, in June 2017, his probation was terminated after a little over a year. The reason for the dismissal was that the court found Joe had violated his terms and conditions of the supervised probation, according to federal documents. Instead, Joe was committed to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons for 120 days, with no supervised probation to follow. That means that after Joe’s release from prison in October 2017, he was allowed to work with horses and own them again. However, some Supai residents have recently said Joe’s horses have what look like gash marks on them."

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We would also like to point out that Leland Joe has a LONG HISTORY of abusing animals!! In the winter of 2011, two Az college professors who were hiking in Havasu Canyon came across a string of pack animals that were injured, dead and dying. They later found out that the pack animals had been abandoned on a freezing night by a DRUNKEN LELAND JOE. One had been eaten alive by wild dogs! The professors made a formal complaint to the tribal chairman and sent proof of the ownership (in the form of a feed receipt with Leland Joe’s name on it), but the TRIBE DID NOTHING, and five years later Joe was STILL STARVING AND TORTURING HIS ANIMALS in FULL VIEW of the TRIBE and the BIA.

SAVE is OUTRAGED that the Havasupai Tribe is allowing a CONVICTED ANIMAL ABUSER who VIOLATED HIS PROBATION to work with horses....again! (https://azdailysun.com/supai-horse-owner-charged-with-felony-animal-cruelty/…)

Without RE-EDUCATION on the proper care and treatment of pack animals, he shouldn’t be let near them!EDUCATION is KEY. Many companies run successful and humane pack animal businesses, the mule concession in Grand Canyon Nat Park being a great example that the tribe could emulate. It has been suggested to the tribe several times that they request assistance from this professional packing company that is RIGHT NEXT DOOR, yet they haven't.

We need everyone to MAKE SOME NOISE to the tribal council and the WORLDWIDE MEDIA! Plz COPY & PASTE the emails below and make the subject line " Why is a convicted animal abuser still working with pack horses on the Havasupai reservation in the Grand Canyon?" Plz also send to your own media sources in every state and country! Also TAG the news media using the @ symbol in front of their name.

MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE THE PHOTOS BELOW or copy & paste the link to this post above. THANK YOU!

info@havasupai-nsn.gov, scoops@huffpost.com,newsmanager@foxnews.com,pvaughn@12newsnow.com, phxnewsdesk@meredith.com, 60m@cbsnews.com,cnn.feedback@cnn.com,community@cnn.com,Sundays@cbsnews.com,tips@nbcuni.com,news@12newsnow.com,desk@12news.com,bresnik@12NEWS.COM,Ed.montini@azrepublic.com,newsdesk@abc15.com,letters@dailymail.co.uk,tips@dailymail.com

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Arizona Coalition for Equines (ACE) members are committed to enhancing the lives of all equines in Arizona through resources for food and end of life assistance while educating equine owners on how to care for their equines responsibly.

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