Horse killer Lefever receives light penalty in Thoroughbred rescue fraud

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS reports: A Pennsylvania woman accused of selling thoroughbreds for slaughter instead of adopting them as promised can enter a program for first-time offenders under a deal with prosecutors. Kelsey Lefever waived a preliminary hearing Wednesday on charges of theft by deception. Prosecutors say she promised horse owners she would put four of…

Preliminary hearing reset in Kelsey Lefever horse slaughter fraud case

Public Opinion reports: Harrisburg, PA -- A hearing has been moved to Feb. 21 for a Chester County woman who allegedly took a retired thoroughbred from Chambersburg and sold it to be slaughtered in Canada for human consumption. Kelsey Elva Lefever was scheduled to have a preliminary hearing Feb. 6. The date has been moved…

Thoroughbred aftercare: a new legacy for Barbaro

Ray Paulick writes the following in a post for the Paulick Report: On Friday, I suggested that time is running out for the industry to act on the long-neglected issue of Thoroughbred aftercare. On almost a weekly basis, our industry is being smeared, deservedly or not, by heartless cruelty to horses by what I can…

LeFever case: Paulick calls for ideas to prevent it

Ray Paulick of the Paulick Report posted this today: Yesterday we broke the news of Kelsey Lefever, a 24-year-old woman who has allegedly been misrepresenting her intentions of finding a new home for retired racehorses in Pennsylvania and taking them to kill-buyers instead. and further Earlier today, we reported Great Scott Farm fired Lefever from…