On January 27, 2011 there was a case of animal cruelty that occurred during the Antelope Complex wild horse roundup--an older mare was cruelly overdriven by an inexperienced helicopter pilot, named Josh Hellyer working for Sun J Livestock, hired by the BLM (Bureau of Land Management)-until she collapsed of exhaustion. Due to public outrcry, Sheriff Dan Watts of White Pine County investigated this
incident for Animal Cruelty and forwarded his report with charges to District Attorney Mr. Kelly Brown. The State of Nevada Animal Cruelty Law is as follows: Overdrive, overload, torture, cruelly beat or unjustifiably injure, maim, mutiliate or kill an animal ... deprive an animal of necessary sustenance, food or drink , or neglect or refuse to furnish it such sustenance or drink, or abandon an animal. (Nev. Rev. Stat. 574.050 et seq.) The employees of the contractor for the BLM are not above the letter of the law in the state of Nevada. D.A. Kelly Brown told Brooke Boone, News reporter with My News 4 in Reno, Nevada that he could only prosecute cases in White Pine County--at that time he hadn't been provided GPS coordinates. The week of March 1, 2011 Mr. Brown was provided with the GPS coordinates of this incident which are lat/long of the trapsite location used on 1/27/11 is: 40 deg 2'3.096" N, 114 deg 16'0.687" W (provided by Mary D'Aversa Field Manager Schell Field Office). Please sign the petition to Demand Justice for Ole Sister--Demand the District Attorney Kelly Brown prosecutes Josh Hellyer pilot for Sun J Livestock- for violation of the State of Nevada's Animal Cruelty Statutes.
