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Minn. Farmer ‘Shocked’ After Horses Put Down By State Patrol
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| 5/9/13
| Heather Brown
Posted on 05/09/2013 8:00:01 PM PDT by Huntress
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To: Huntress
wonder how long it would have taken them to go get the owner to help roundup her horses????
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posted on
05/09/2013 9:53:38 PM PDT
by
markman46
(engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
To: Undecided 2012
A few years back there was this Equine rescue group that was stealing loose horses my neighbors owned. These horses strayed maybe a mile from the neighbors place and never caused any real damage. Neighbor lost one during hunting season one year, but bears never seemed to get any of the horses. One day here comes this horse trailer down our dirt road. The Equine Rescue place was run by this goofy lady. She paid this young guy to go out and pick up the horses. The horses were hauled over to Canada for dog food I heard. That lady was making money hiding behind the rescue group and getting all the vet papers for the border and everything. One day, my neigfbors wife called all frantic (they were Indians, so you can just imagine). I told her I saw the trailer and State Police called me and I told them and all. They caught the guy on his way to Canada. The lady from the Equine REscue got in all kinds of trouble and had been there before. She wasn't allowed to have involvement with any horses or Equine Rescue groups ever again, part of her probation and fines, ha ha. My neighbors still turn out their horses for the winter and they always come back half starved but OK. Takes all kinds I guess.
Loose horses don't bother me, urban people that can't drive do. Maybe it be OK if I start shooting all the dangerous drivers I see on the road when I go into Anchorage, ha ha.
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posted on
05/09/2013 10:18:51 PM PDT
by
Eska
To: jjotto
They shoot horses, don’t they?
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posted on
05/09/2013 10:30:10 PM PDT
by
353FMG
( I do not say whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
To: Huntress
YUM!
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posted on
05/09/2013 10:40:54 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: Huntress
common knowledge.
A bucket ( of most any kind ) and a little feed ( corn ) of some kind and the horses will follow you through fires of hell.
just saying..
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posted on
05/10/2013 1:12:22 AM PDT
by
riverss
To: Huntress
Looks like they’re not just shooting the family dog anymore....
To: Huntress
Where I come out is that if law enforcement is incompetent in handling livestock then they have an obligation to call in someone who is before getting trigger happy.
The department should be held liable, officers repremanded, and new procedures written for dispatch so they have someone to call in at anytime.
Call me old school.
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posted on
05/10/2013 4:26:07 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: Huntress
I actually have had to handle a horse situation before.....its not difficult
Horses are smart animals....and if corralled for any period of time...they will return to their home if they get loose
We had a horse wander on our school property a few times. He would hop his owners fence and walk to 7/11. Then walk back....2 mi round trip. The local sherrifs dept would get the call...and they just made sure he made it back home.
I guess the horse wanted some smokes and a Slurpee. I’m sure he got it for free...because that horse was as big as a Budwiser horse
These cops panicked...and panicked the horses. They should have closed the highway
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posted on
05/10/2013 5:03:36 AM PDT
by
SeminoleCounty
(GOP - Greenlighting Obama's Programs)
To: Huntress
I’d wager the cops involved never handled horses before in their lives.
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posted on
05/10/2013 5:46:45 AM PDT
by
Joe Brower
(The "American People" are no longer capable of self-governance.)
To: Huntress
These guys block off traffic at the drop of a hat. If they are worried about people seeing the danger, that's what those cars with the flashing lights on top are supposed to be for.
It would appear they've escalated from dogs to horses.
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posted on
05/10/2013 6:46:16 AM PDT
by
zeugma
(Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
Hello FRiend!
This makes me soooooooooo mad. I just love horses, wish I could afford to have one.
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posted on
05/10/2013 12:08:14 PM PDT
by
diamond6
(Lord, please have mercy on us!)
To: riverss
Yep. A shame a little common sense wasn’t used.
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posted on
05/14/2013 5:37:29 AM PDT
by
Altariel
("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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