80 young roos rescued and in need of homes - New York

[Hoosiermomma]

If I lived closer I would take a handful of them.

 

[ranchhand]

jjthink, may I ask where your information came from?

I am not being rude, please don't take it as such. I always investigate ALL organizations before I consider any assistance.


I am not finding any mention of this particular incident on either website.

http://woodstockfas.org/index.shtml

http://www.upc-online.org/

Am I in the wrong place?

 

[PineBurrowPeeps]

Ranchhand, I was wondering the same thing as I will be in NY next month for a rabbit show and may be able to adopt a Roo but can find no info on their site.

 

[jjthink]

I received the "alert" (as copied in post #1) today in an e-mail from a friend who is involved with rescue organizations. I then wrote to Woodstock to ask for more information (e.g. age/type of roos, what is meant by illegal slaughterhouse, etc.) and will post here when I hear back. In my note to Jenny Brown I mentioned that I could not find any info on the Sanctuary's website or on the ASPCA website. It's such new info it may be that they haven't posted it yet - we'll see.
JJ

Edited to say see below for updates that are now in.

 

[jjthink]

Okeedokee, here's some more info. Will be back to pass along any other new info, should there be more.


Thanks for contacting me, Judy.

We have successfully placed the 27 broilers today. They will be leaving in 3-4 weeks. Out of those broilers, 11-12 are males--all young--and we have broilers still here from a 2005 rescue so with proper feeding and care, many can live longer.

The remaining 80 something roosters are all adolescent barred rocks with a few brilliant multi-colored ones. Since they weren't crowing nor have spurs yet, they assumed them all to be hens. We will be able to keep hopefully up to 30 of them (on top of the 25 currently living here!)

We are desperate to find loving homes. Thank you for any help you can offer.

Jenny Brown

__________________________________
Jenny Brown, Co-Founder / Director
Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary
PO Box 1329
Woodstock, NY 12498
845-679-5955
http://www.WoodstockSanctuary.org

 

[jjthink]

Okay, sorry, the info has been coming in quickly and had I known, I would have combined into one post!

Additional info from Jenny Brown at the Sanctuary - she's been very helpful:

The NY Ag & Markets (http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/) must have been alerted to this particular slaughterhouse, found they had no operating license then issued a notice to close down. Thankfully, they contacted the ASPCA who seized all the birds. Besides these chickens there were pigeons, quail, guinea fowl and rabbits. All the others have found sanctuaries and homes.

That's probably it for now.
JJ

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

I'm with wolf....illegal slaughterhouse?? Yeah...

 

[jjthink]

All that matters to me is that there are beings in need of good homes. Good homes may or may not be forthcoming but hoped to give them a chance at least.
JJ