Since the local ordinance of no livestock did not go on the books until 1988, and Peter Rabbit was born in 1976, it is possible to grandfather him in. It is not unreasonable to allow for a clause that states that no livestock are permitted since 1988. The recent pressure to remove the 32 year old horse is based solely on a developer's wishes. If that were not true, Peter Rabbit would have been removed from his pasture in 1988. It's not his fault that the town grew up around him; that he currently lives on land that was not originally inside the town limits. Let Peter Rabbit live out what little is left of his life in a pasture that he is familiar with.
Since the local ordinance of no livestock did not go on the books until 1988, and Peter Rabbit was born in 1976, it is possible to grandfather him in. It is not unreasonable to allow for a clause that states that no livestock are permitted since 1988. The recent pressure to remove the 32 year old horse is based solely on a developer's wishes. If that were not true, Peter Rabbit would have been removed from his pasture in 1988. It's not his fault that the town grew up around him; that he currently lives on land that was not originally inside the town limits. Let Peter Rabbit live out what little is left of his life in a pasture that he is familiar with.
We the undersigned request that you exhibit compassion and concern for the plight of one very old horse and his owner. We have read your posted "The Other Side of the Story" and still feel strongly about this. No, we are not all from your community. But we are all from the human community who acknowledge horses as companions. The eyes of the world have been focused on you. Please, we urge you, do the right thing.
We signed the "Let Peter Rabbit Stay At Home" petition!
# 562:
9:41 am PDT, Sep 1,Kimm Pratt, Washington
If you were in the last years of your life, and in your lifelong home, you wouldn't want to be forced out. Do you people not have a heart? Is it just about money? It sure looks that way. Let Peter Rabbit stay!
# 561:
9:02 am PDT, Sep 1,Maribel Abanto, Alabama
# 560:
8:18 am PDT, Sep 1,Stephanie Legelis, Pennsylvania
This is so un-just and sad. Off course he should be grand-fathered in....let this majestic horse live out his few years left PLEASE!!!!
# 559:
7:51 pm PDT, Aug 31,Doris Schoning, Ohio
# 558:
2:35 pm PDT, Aug 31,Marie-Rose HECKMANN, France
# 557:
10:01 am PDT, Aug 31,Roxie Schliesman, Wisconsin
# 556:
6:07 am PDT, Aug 31,Karen Zak, New York
I may not live in Nebraska, but I would like to voice my opion and stand by Harley Scott and Peter Rabbit in their efforts to let the horse remain at his home where he belongs!
It saddens me to know that there are heartless people in this country that don't care about anything other than development and profit. Where is the compassion? Horses DO have feelings! And I am sure that Peter Rabbit has not only bonded with his owner, but also with the land that he has lived on for most, if not all, of his life.
Let the horse stay!
# 555:
4:34 am PDT, Aug 31,Joanna Karatsaneva, Bulgaria
# 554:
2:53 am PDT, Aug 31,Karina Topolianaki, Denmark
# 553:
7:52 pm PDT, Aug 30,Kylee Wilcox, Washington
Oh geesh...That is absolutely ridiculous! Let the horse stay! My goodness, look how well cared that horse is...he is obviously loved very much! Instead of working on getting this horse out why don't they work on all the starving, neglected horses and putting their owners to justice!!
# 552:
6:11 pm PDT, Aug 30,Kathleen Watkins, Indiana
# 551:
4:55 pm PDT, Aug 30,Robin Robinson, Ohio
# 550:
2:20 pm PDT, Aug 30,Jill Pearson, Georgia
# 549:
1:47 pm PDT, Aug 30,Candy Kane Zawila, Texas
I think that they need to change their minds and let the horse stay.The man and the horse do not have much time left.Let them both die happy.The old man should not have to have nothing from a vet or any thing.That horse is healthy and that man is doing something right.It does not matter who he has had words with or anything.Older people a lot of times are cranky and voice their opinion which is their rights.The city concil should honor that and leave them both alone.Who cares if the place was annex because thay asked for it.You know that they was not informed of getting rid of the horse.That horse is that old mans companion.It will help the town grow more because people who do not get to see a horse every day will thrive on one being around.Plus it will attract more people because it will show that the city concil will have compassion for their fellow people and want to please people.It will most likely kill both the horse and owner at their age to move any of them.For the health of both I say let them alone and live their remainder yrs there
# 548:
9:32 am PDT, Aug 30,Blaise Glaze, Tennessee
# 547:
6:39 am PDT, Aug 30,Joyce Hill, Kentucky
Leave the horse alone He not hurting any thing or any one.
# 546:
11:00 pm PDT, Aug 29,Terry Freeborn-Klueber, Florida
It is a DAMN shame when developers can affect the life of a senior man & his senior horse & shove them out of their home! Wake up People!!! Progress is only good if it is good for all!
# 545:
9:10 pm PDT, Aug 29,Bonita Welch, California
At a time when citizens are loosing their homes, jobs, no money for health care, a developer wants to remove one of GOD's creatures. 32 years is rare for a horse to live and it may be sooner than we want, but he will die and you can go ahead and destroy the land with another house, mall, store or McDonalds.
Where is your HUMANITY, COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING? This noble creature was once the ONLY TRANSPORTATION WE HAD. They were our friends, companions, at times saved our lives and fought and died in a war for us that had nothing to do with them. You may say he is just an animal but you are the most dangerous animal (man) that I know. You treat your own just as bad in order to make the all mighty dollar. Remember, what goes around comes around. Let this magnificant animal live his life out in PEACE. YOU DO KNOW WHAT PEACE IS? GOD allowed him to live to this ripe old age for a reason that we are not suppposed to question. Let GOD be the one to remove him.
# 544:
8:57 pm PDT, Aug 29,Name not displayed, Florida
# 543:
6:45 pm PDT, Aug 29,Litia De Fazio, California
Since Peter Rabbit was born and on the land before the law was passed he should be able to live out the rest of his years in the pasture he grew up in. He is 32 years old and the move could have detremental effects on him and cause his death. Moving is a stressor, new feed is a stressor, not being able to graze after doing it all his life is a stressor, living in a corral is a stressor. Please allow him to live out his days were he is happy.
# 542:
6:31 pm PDT, Aug 29,Cindia Norton, Massachusetts
# 541:
6:12 pm PDT, Aug 29,David Jones, North Carolina
To make this man move his horse is just wrong! The developer must be low on his medication to make a fuss about nothing. What comes around go's around. I am truly sorry for Peter Rabbits plight as well as his owner. Dave
# 540:
5:23 pm PDT, Aug 29,Tammy Dziedzic, Connecticut
This is just plain ridiculous. Why do you want to break the heart of a loving man and his horse!! Isn't there some bigger issues you can flex your muscles on??? Wake up people!!!!
# 539:
5:13 pm PDT, Aug 29,Louise Perry, Massachusetts
Peter Rabbit should be grandfathered and allowed to stay on the property since he was there before the ordinance was enacted in 1988. He has spent his whole life in one place and moving him at this juncture could quite possibly kill him. At 32, Peter is a very old horse and should be left to stay where he is until he passes. To evict him now would forever leave a black mark on the town of Hickman. If it were me I would never move him!
# 538:
4:24 pm PDT, Aug 29,K Coster, Canada
# 537:
2:39 pm PDT, Aug 29,Suzanne Dechamplain, Florida
Please be reasonable. Let this old horse live out his life at his home. If you must develop this land, why not work around the horse. Make a fuss and a mascot of him. Give Peter Rabbit permission to live there and let him be a pet for everyone.
# 536:
1:42 pm PDT, Aug 29,Cynthia Mickle, Massachusetts
Those that like the city: belong in the city. leave our rural heritage out of it. From a cape Cod flatlander.
# 535:
12:43 pm PDT, Aug 29,Kelli Caves, Florida
Why should this horse that has been in this pasture his entire life be removed, he has more right to be there than the town that is growing ariund him
# 534:
12:36 pm PDT, Aug 29,Nancy Kopp, Florida
I encourage you to do the "right" thing and give this poor horse loving man some peace and allow him to continue his life with Peter Rabbit with him on his property. The horse had established residency long before the developer came in with their personal agenda and should be grandfathered in and therefore exempt from the livestock ordinance
# 533:
12:35 pm PDT, Aug 29,Elizabeth LaVigne, Rhode Island
Leave the poor horse and his owner alone. Find something useful to do with your time.
# 532:
12:05 pm PDT, Aug 29,Christine Clayton, Rhode Island
Please let Peter Rabbit live out his days at home. It's not like he's two years old.
# 531:
12:03 pm PDT, Aug 29,Greta Stromberg, Connecticut
Some rules are made to be broked ,by the great at heart and wise of mind. This is one of those cases and should be treated accordingly.
# 530:
11:17 am PDT, Aug 29,Diana Morehead, Georgia
I just don't understand why this horse couldn't be 'grandfathered'. Guess it isn't enough that civilization is crowding out 'free' animals....now the suburbanites have to control the farms! What a shame!
# 529:
11:04 am PDT, Aug 29,Mandy Puzycki, Florida
It was his home first!
# 528:
10:43 am PDT, Aug 29,Diane Michalsky, Florida
When making a change in any state or area certain things must be taken into consideration. This horse has lived in this particular area much longer than most of the residents and should be considered as a resident himself. Although he is an animal, he is still a living creature and to have to dispute his being there is not right. It's not like he is a wild animal terrorizing the neighborhood, he is an old horse whom should be allowed to spend the remainder of his life in the only place he has known.
# 527:
10:36 am PDT, Aug 29,Toni Maira, California
whatever happened to the grandfather clause? how much longer do you think the horse has anyway? once there is no longer any horses on the property, the clause expires.....what's the big deal about a little deferral? have a heart people!!!!
# 526:
10:36 am PDT, Aug 29,Jan Nastovski, Michigan
Let Peter Rabbit stay and complete his life in a familiar area. Here is someone that WANTS to give the best of care for this horse. Let him do it and Grandfather him in!!!!
# 525:
10:29 am PDT, Aug 29,Mitzi Graeff, Alabama
The horse was born way before the clause that states no livestock.
Why not the town vote on it. I bet the out come will be for the horse, instead of letting a few people vote on it. Let the horse stay, I don't believe he is hurting anyone staying.....except for the few who is voting against it.
# 524:
10:14 am PDT, Aug 29,TORI PAFFORD, Florida
I think its absolutly pathetic that this equine is going through this along with his owner. Peter Rabbit has been there ALOT longer then anyone causing this trouble. Peter Rabbit should be able to stay and live out his life on the same property he was born on.
# 523:
10:11 am PDT, Aug 29,And Mrs. Brian JOhnson, Texas
Realizing that I am about as far from your jurisdiction as one can be, and therefore maybe not entitled to an opinion in this matter, please let me just say that removing this horse for the sake of an ordinance would be a lot like mowing down all the trees in town in order to put in a shopping mall! If the owner keeps the odor etc. down (good maintenance) then it seems there should be no problem with Peter Rabbit staying! How about allowing the horse to stay using the reasoning of a "grandfather clause," the horse has been there, is not a threat or a nuisance, and should not be made to leave. The ordinance can apply to "new" horses--or animals larger than a certain size or weight.
# 522:
10:09 am PDT, Aug 29,Sandra Duke, Alabama
This is cruel, the town of Hickman should leave Peter Rabbit alone!!!!!!!!!!!
# 521:
9:49 am PDT, Aug 29,Name not displayed, New Hampshire
# 520:
8:52 am PDT, Aug 29,Name not displayed, Rhode Island
# 519:
8:42 am PDT, Aug 29,Dora Kassis, Greece
# 518:
8:41 am PDT, Aug 29,Name not displayed, Washington
Peter Rabbit shoud be grandfathered in. Life is full of exceptions and he sounds like he should be one of them.
# 517:
8:36 am PDT, Aug 29,CATHY TOTH, Massachusetts
Let the horse stay. He was there first and should not be made to move,especially at his age!! How can people be so heartless!!
# 516:
8:16 am PDT, Aug 29,Debbie Lawrence, New Hampshire
I am very much for keeping that horse on the property he knows and is secure on. It's very traumatic to move a horse that has established such a long history as he has. I agree with the person that stated the owner would have an equally difficult time of it, should the horse be taken away. For once, throw away the rule book, listen to your hearts and allow Peter Rabbit to remain on his home pasture. From the looks of him he is a healthy, happy individual. If he's taken away the consequences could be detrimental.
# 515:
7:55 am PDT, Aug 29,J Hughes, North Carolina
# 514:
7:47 am PDT, Aug 29,Timothy Heald, Massachusetts
this is rediculous that this is even happening. i would think as a society we have more important agendas instead of trying to kick a horse out of its home how about employment for people .or the homeless and hungry.oh yeah that would take effort on the states part sorry we cant have that . well just keep paying them to sit on there asses and pick on defenseless animals.well you know karma is a bitch and when it bites back it bites hard . i support you peter rabbit may these immature lawmakers stop being bully like high school kids and start making a difference instead of preventing a difference
# 513:
7:36 am PDT, Aug 29,Mary Milliner, Massachusetts
# 512:
7:36 am PDT, Aug 29,Kristi Boehm, Texas
It's not unreasonable to grandfather him in! A horse isn't exotic, and he's hardly hurting anything. The bad publicity of the mishandling this is causing more harm than letting the horse stay ever could!
# 511:
7:30 am PDT, Aug 29,Jane Sink, New Hampshire
The horse is grandfathered in, is doing no harm and should be allowed to stay where he is. Business and contractor's aside, I'll bet people love seeing him there. There are a couple of farms within the city limits of Portsmouth, NH which must be grandfathered in and are a delight to see. One is a horse farm and the other has sheep and geese, both in close proximity to the down tourist trap area.
# 510:
7:27 am PDT, Aug 29,Jennifer Reiner, Connecticut
I say out with the developers and in with the farm land. City folk can stay in the city!!!!
# 509:
7:02 am PDT, Aug 29,Torin Judd, New Hampshire
Have some respect for an animal that's been there long before the ordinance. Allow this horse the dignity of finishing out his days where he belongs.
# 508:
6:42 am PDT, Aug 29,Paula W, Michigan
Rather funny that Peter Rabbit is living no fairy tale. Let him stay. Reduce daily fine to $10 a day and do something constructive with the money. I know it can be embarrassing to admit you are wrong but....... all is well that ends well. Lighten up people !
# 507:
4:23 am PDT, Aug 29,Nancy Javitch, California
How disturbing can one horse be? There are more important issues than to remove this horse!
# 506:
1:21 am PDT, Aug 29,Name not displayed, New Hampshire
please let peter rabbit live at peace in the home he knows best until his last breath
# 505:
10:29 pm PDT, Aug 28,D Naused, Florida
you need to deal with the reality that Peter rabbit was her long before you! as was his friend and owner ! Also realize all the childrens eyes as they get a chance to gaze upon this beautiful animal.
# 504:
9:47 pm PDT, Aug 28,Jean Downey, Massachusetts
Seriously, what's wrong with you people on the City Council??? Peter isn't going to live forever--grandfather him in then get your priorities straight. You are in Nebraska!! My god, we've got horses/chickens/roosters/sheep, etc. within the City limits of Boston! Then again The Revolution started here--we Bostonians wouldn't let you get away with anything so just plain wrong as outlawing livestock.
# 503:
9:38 pm PDT, Aug 28,Stephanie Dunbar, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
# 502:
8:38 pm PDT, Aug 28,Judy Pilat, Massachusetts
As a horse owner I am so tired of hearing of people/developers coming into a town as "newbies" and trying to take over others livelyhood! If you don't like what's already there...don't come!!!! Original land owners should be grandfathered in.
# 501:
8:23 pm PDT, Aug 28,Barbara Digan, Massachusetts
Please allow this horse to spend the rest of his days with his owner on the land he's always known.
Thirty two is quite an accomplishment. Let him live his life happy, and not distressed from being moved to someplace he doesn't know. There is no respect for people or animals when money and greed are involved, and the developers are certainly making an example of themselves.
