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Oh good, he lost an entire vacation day over this. Good thing the horse was okay. Oh wait, he wasn't. #DPD #Denver #Horse #Equestrian https://www.google.com/amp/www.9news.com/amp/news/local/dpd-officer-forgot-his-mounted-patrol-horse-left-animal-tied-up-for-16-hours/384518805

I received this email this morning: Good morning, The Bureau of Animal Protection does have agents in that jurisdiction that can follow up with this complaint.  I have attached a link  http://www.ddfl.org/invest.htm  with contact information.  The phone number for the investigations department is 303-923-0022.  They are familiar with Paint Horse Stables, we get calls from time to time due to the high volume of foot and vehicle traffic.  Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns and thank you  for contacting our office.  The obvious discomfort and infection are very concerning.   Scot Dutcher Chief, Bureau of Animal Protection Colorado Department of Agriculture 303-239-4163 I contacted the DDFL at the above number and spoke with James who informed me there was an active investigation, that the horse was under veterinary care and that the drippage I witnessed on Friday was what the vet wanted to happen in orde...

Update 5-24-2010 This morning I decided to follow-up on my call with Ranger Laura by going to the Park's Administrative offices.  When I walked in the staff member behind the front desk asked me how I was and what they could do for me.  I replied that I was there to speak to someone about a horse over in the horse stables.  She started to ask me if I meant the horse... and then she stopped herself, I guess before she said too much regarding a particular animal. The staffer then said she'd get the office administrator, Patti, to give me a hand to which I countered that I would like to speak to someone with authority.  She left and brought back a woman whose name-tag read P. something and I can only assume that was Patti. I explained to the woman I assumed was Patti my situation and she introduced me to Joe Brand, the Cherry Creek Park Operations Manager, (303 690 1166 x 725, joe.brand@state.co.us.  He asked me to sit and mentioned I looked familiar to which I...

May 21, 2010 Approximately 19:25 Disclaimer: sorry for the video quality but all I had on me at the time was my G1 v1.6, which has video as an after thought. _____________________ I decided this evening to come to Cherry Creek State Park's dog area. This area is situated on the southern end of the Cherry Creek State Park and holds within it a horse paddock, or stables. As my friend and I were completing our walk with our dogs our path took us up along the trail that parallels the western fence line of the horse paddock. I noticed, in the distance along the southern most fence line, a horse standing with it's rear facing the fence. When I saw this I realized the horse was in the same position, or very near it, when we arrived and parked in the southern parking lot off of Orchard and Parker roads. I walked over to see if the horse was okay, hearing earlier in the day a rumor that one of the horses in the paddock was lame or injured and that the horse stable manager/...