Posted on 02/06/2009 12:15:28 PM PST by MtnClimber
Another five horses lost their tails to thieves Wednesday night, just a week after someone made off with the tails of three Belgian horses, neighbors in Parker's horse country said today.
The motive might be financial — horse hair is used for hat bands, hair and tail extensions, violin bows and the like — but otherwise it makes no sense at all, say frustrated neighbors.
Horse thievery used to be a hanging offense, and these neighbors wouldn't mind some old-fashioned western justice — at least some jail time — for those who stole the horses' tails.
"I can't imagine why anyone would do something like this, or what they would do with the hair," said Tom Johnson, who co-owns Happy Trails Horse Drawn Rides in Parker.
He awoke last Thursday morning to find that three of his Belgian horses were without tails.
Prince, the 11-year-old, lost 30 inches of tail, and it will probably be 10 years before it all grows back, Johnson said.
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This is unbelievable!
Tails or hair from the tails?
What a shame...
I sure hope they catch the lowdown varmints.
Eventually the perp will be found with a caved in skull.
The photo looks like hair from the tails.
Yikes....I remember the cattle mutilations...wasn’t the in the Parker area, as well.
I love it.
So how ELSE am I supposed to make fly-swatters to sell at local flea markets?
;^)
This should make it easier for me to bet my money on the bob-tail nag, shouldn’t it?
Obama did it!
No he is just the horses a$$.
Fiddlesticks!
Polamalu wigs?
Thanks, reminds me of one of my favorite moo-vies........Rat Race.
Note to the horse owners who had their horse’s tail hair cut off:
There is a product that stimulates the growth of tail and mane hair, and other areas where a scrape or a scar may have caused a loss of hair.
It is made by a company called Shapley’s in Ft Myers, Florida 33908 1-239-415-2275
It is called : M-T-G, which stands for
Mane-Tail-Grooming.
It is a liquid, which separates when standing for any time.
Shake, squirt onto the dock of the tail, and massage into the tail that is remaining. Repeat 2 times a week. DO NOT rinse out.
If you wash your horse for a show or something, then re-apply. It smells a little like sulfur, but it makes your own hands soft, also.
I have 6 horses, and one of them has gotten into mischief more than once. Rubbed out about 6” width of his mane a few years back, and this stuff had it grown out to 8 inches in less than 6 months.
Same horse is trying to grow back tail hair that a weanling decided to eat. That is working, also, but I braided a “fly-swatting” tail made out of hay bale strings into his tail, until the hair catches up. Baby managed that in less than 2 days!!
Lots of horse catalog companies carry this product: Horse Health has it in 32 oz bottle- quart- for less than $20/bottle.
Same product works for fungus, rain rot, summer itch, girth itch, tail rubbing in summer, and fetlock dermatitis-commonly called ‘scratches’.
I have personally used it for over 5 years, and I think highly of it.
Private message me if you need more info.
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