Justice For Dually

Posted: Jul 17, 2009 3:37 PM EDT

By David Montgomery
Capital Journal staff
Published/Last Modified on Friday, Jul 24, 2009 – 01:05:30 am CDT

By David Montgomery
Capital Journal staff
Published/Last Modified on Monday, Jul 13, 2009 – 03:01:39 pm CDT

Associated Press – July 11, 2009 8:15 PM ET

Corrected Version

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – Authorities in Stanley County say they expect to make arrests early next week in the theft and suspected abuse of a successful rodeo barrel-racing horse.

The horse owned by rodeo competitor Wendy Halweg of Mitchell was taken from the County Fairgrounds on July 5, after it had competed in the Fort Pierre Rodeo during the Fourth of July. (read more)

By KSFY Staff

Rodeo Horse Severely Injured By Thieves

By KSFY Staff

By Austin Kaus , July 09, 2009

With the completion of the Fort Pierre Rodeo behind her, Wendy Halweg made a final check on her horse, Dually, at 4:30 a.m. on the morning of July 5. Two hours later, she awoke to find the horse gone from the County Fairgrounds. (read more)

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Major abuse done to rodeo horse

A barrel horse that won the recent Dickinson Roughrider Rodeo and took third at Killdeer’s Fourth of July rodeo Saturday was stolen from a South Dakota rodeo grounds Sunday and abused, if not tortured.

The 12-year-old Dually remains under a veterinarian’s care in South Dakota, where it was taken Sunday afternoon after its owner and the Stanley County (S.D.) sheriff were informed where it had been dropped off in a holding pen.

The horse was taken from a rodeo pen at Fort Pierre, S.D., sometime after 4:30 a.m. Sunday and discovered several hours later in a pen in town, said Sheriff Brad Rathbun….(read more)

For those of you who have not yet heard, there was a man-made (more like coward-made) travesty committed by Ft. Pierre, SD locals. Dually, a horse owned by a South Dakota WPRA, SDRA, and NRCA barrel racer was stolen from the pen he was being kept in for the night at Ft. Pierre. As if the theft was not enough, what the cowards that took Dually did to him was too cruel for words. I will give no details, but these young men abused and tortured this horse to the point of almost no return. His injuries are extensive, and the methods used to create these injuries are nothing short of despicably sick and twisted.

From around the 26th of June through the 4th of July, most of the cowboys and cowgirls in the Badlands circuit have traveled to 8-12 rodeos, some have even gone to more. When we travel, we always look for the safest place to stay, but we look for the safest place for our horses first, not for ourselves. We spend thousands of dollars each year on joint supplements, and vitamins for our “kids” as many of us call them. We pay for massages, acupuncture, and chiropractic work for our 4-legged kids as well. Our animals are always our first priority. To think that some heartless individual would take one of our horses, and literally attempt to rip him to shreds sickens everyone in the rodeo community, and it should sicken those not in the rodeo community as well.

To abuse someone else’s property, and literally have no respect for life in any regard is disgusting, and the crimes committed on Dually WILL NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. We are a tight knit group, and we will stand together to help those who were injured by these horrible human beings. There will be a reward offered for any information as to who was involved in this crime in any way. . . Please come forward and show that you do not accept what was done to Dually! Any donations for vet bills can be made one of two ways. . . They can be sent to 1st national bank of SD, Attention Wendy Halweg, Dually Benefit, 210 N. Lawler, Mitchell, SD, 57301. . .or donations can be made through paypal to the address justicefordually@gmail.com

Thank you,
Heidi Uecker, Hettinger, ND Gale Beebe and Mike Slater, Custer, SD
Jolynn Grieves, Winner, SD Lisa and Grady Lockhart, Oelrichs, SD
Dee and Tyler Haugen, Sturgis, SD Tess Hansen, Dickinson, ND
Joe Schmidt, Hettinger, ND Sheri Amiotte, Ft. Pierre, SD
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Best Regards, Danna Reed