Something bad, then VERY interesting happened where my grandson was working

[Jilly_in_VA]

My grandson was working at a place in Sevier County, TN, called Jayell Ranch, because he likes being outdoors. It offers horseback riding, ziplining, and other adventurous things. When I was visiting a couple of weeks ago, he told us that the horses there were mostly in pretty bad shape--underfed, some with sores, left outside in all weathers, etc.--and that Animal Control had been called on several occasions. He didn't work with them, though' he worked on the ziplines, being a big, strong kid. Apparently several people quit, but not before posting pictures of the hoses on Facebook. Well, on Friday, the Tennessee Department of Agriculture showed up. Apparently the owner must have been tipped off beforehand (Sevier County is a bit, shall we say, corrupt) and had bought a bunch of new horses to add to the herd, but he didn't get rid of the old ones either. On Saturday, the owner tried to get the employees to sign NDAs...and they all, my grandson among them, WALKED OUT. Quit on the spot.

https://www.wvlt.tv/2023/08/04/animal-control-called-out-jayell-ranch-multiple-times-complaints/

https://www.wvlt.tv/2023/08/04/most-them-needed-be-euthanized-former-barn-manager-describes-experience-jayell-ranch/

https://www.wvlt.tv/2023/08/04/jayell-ranch-employees-slapped-with-nda-walk-out/

Needless to say, I am very proud of my grandson. Even though he didn't work with the horses, he knows better than to sign an NDA.

[brush]

1. Kudos to your grandson. A GenZ progressive I take it?

[Jilly_in_VA]

6. Oh hell yeah

His dad is a raging socialist, his mom was brought up a proper Democrat. Progressive politics permeate the household!

[Cheezoholic]

2. Tell him try and make Dolly P aware

That's her neck of the woods. She runs a rescue there.

[Jilly_in_VA]

8. Trust me

Dolly knows. She knows everything that happens down there. What she doesn't know, her relatives will tell her. They are legion.

[Jimvanhise]

3. A CHEAPSKATE

He can afford to buy new horses but not properly care for the ones he already has?

[Warpy]

5. Chances are good he started the whole thing with old horses

who had bad teeth and couldn't eat cheap food.

The bit about not calling EMS for a patron who'd been thrown from a horse until the office had been called? Can we all say "reckless endangerment?"

This asshole needs to be put out of business, period. He has no clue how to cope with either animals or people.

Good for the staff who told him to stuff it and walked out when he tried to pull that NDA crap on them to keep them from testifying against him. Uh, buster, that doesn't work that way.

[StarryNite]

4. Good for them for doing the honorable thing!

Animals can't advocate for themselves. I'm so grateful for the people who take a stand for them.

[aggiesal]

7. Kids will save the world. Good on your grandson! n/t

[mountain grammy]

9. Good for your grandson and all those employees.

[Timeflyer]

10. What a great kid. A hero stands up and defends those who can't defend themselves.

[JudyM]

11. A lesson he'll surely (eventually) share with your great-grandchildren

This makes me smile.

You should be proud, Jilly.

[yardwork]

12. Good for your grandson!

[Farmer-Rick]

13. I have little faith in TN Dept of Agriculture

We had a farmer here in Greene County who starved his sheep regularly. They were the saddest thinest creatures I ever saw. I tried to buy them off him to rescue them but he wouldn't sell. He wasn't getting much for his sickly little lambs at auction anyway. He was a nasty little man who thought he knew everything. He wouldn't sell to me because he didn't know my farm and thought I was just looking for a pet. I had 50 head of sheep at that time.

TDA came out and did nothing. Eventually, he went broke and a few of the remaining animals were rescued. They had hundreds of complaints and yet that cruel man was allowed to abuse those creatures for another year.

[LiberalArkie]

14. It is all in the people they send the contributions to.

[Duppers]

16. That's HORRIBLE ❗

Hope that man is dead now.

(My dad grew up in Greene County; a country road is named for my grandfather.)

[AwakeAtLast]

15. My family went there 7 years ago

I have been around horses, but it has been a long time. My horse would not mind! It almost took off at a full gallop when it got to an open spot, like it wanted to escape. Never again!