Industry Info
First Line Of Defense
To Keep Your Horses Safe
By Stolen Horse International, aka NetPosse.com
Horse theft in rural communities
is unfortunately an all too common experience. With the current
epidemic of stolen horses in the
state of Texas alone, horse owners
are on high alert and taking actions
to secure their horses, pastures and
barns. Unfortunately, the typical
precautions taken such as padlocks,
microchipping and branding are
helpful, but we are learning they are
not enough.
Even in horse dense communities like Norco, California, Ocala,
Florida, Aiken, South Carolina
and Lexington, Kentucky as well
as Texas’ horse country, horses are
stolen from farms and ranches of all
sizes. From small acre mini- farms
to show barns, and hundred acre
pastures, horse theft does not disrm or busi nes s
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criminate. It is all too often we hear
that someone suspicious was seen
near a farm, barn or gate AFTER
horses are reported missing.
Our current article addresses just
this issue. Bringing to the attention
of horse owners how horse communities in states like California and
countries like Australia, Ireland and
England have had significant impact
on horse theft through the formation of horse watch communities
like farm watch, rural area watch
groups and neighborhood horse
watch groups.
This article provides information
on steps owners can take regardless
of the number of horses on their
property, horse housing or their
proximity to other farms or neighbors,. Not all horse owners are able
to afford camera systems, but getting
to know your neighboring horse
owners and knowing whom to call
if suspicions arise, can prevent horse
theft before horses are long gone
from the property.
To read this article: This article can be found at https://
netposse.com/newsviewer.asp?id=3457&P=1&cat=Article
In addition to providing assistance
with recovery of Stolen and Missing
Horses, Stolen Horse International provides fact based and educational articles
of interest to horse owners across the
world on our website at www.netposse.
com.
–Debi Metcalfe
Netposse.com,
Stolen Horse International
704-484-2165 [email protected]
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