Post by laurie on May 15, 2007 22:16:16 GMT -5
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" Deputies Looking For Horse Thieves
Posted May 15, 2007 by TBO.com
Updated May 15, 2007 at 06:02 PM
TAMPA - Hillsborough County deputies are on the look out for horse rustlers.
Sometime between 6 p.m. Monday and 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, two horses were stolen from a home at 3305 54th Street South in Tampa, sheriff’s spokeswoman Debbie Carter said.
Owner Patrick Bishop, of Riverview, told investigators he last saw the horses in a barn locked up in stalls, Carter said. Both horses are 8 years old. One horse is a Buckskin Quarter Horse gelding, named Cowboy, approximately 16½ hands tall, with a scar on his right hind hoof. The other horse is a Sorrell Paint gelding named Chester, approximately 14½ hands tall.
Both horses were used for roping and barrel racing by the victim and his family. Along with the horses, the thief stole two saddles and bridles. The horses are valued at $2,500 each, and the saddles and bridles are valued at $1,600.
It appears the thief cut a barbed-wire fence at the rear of the property and led the horses out onto St. Paul Street, where it is believed they were then loaded into a trailer and driven away.
Anyone with any information is urged to contact the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at 813-247-8200 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-8477. "
They said on the TV news that the horses were microchipped, so if the thieves try to sell them, hopefully someone will check for the chips. Saw pics of them, and they are beautiful horses. Hope they get to come back home soon.
" Deputies Looking For Horse Thieves
Posted May 15, 2007 by TBO.com
Updated May 15, 2007 at 06:02 PM
TAMPA - Hillsborough County deputies are on the look out for horse rustlers.
Sometime between 6 p.m. Monday and 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, two horses were stolen from a home at 3305 54th Street South in Tampa, sheriff’s spokeswoman Debbie Carter said.
Owner Patrick Bishop, of Riverview, told investigators he last saw the horses in a barn locked up in stalls, Carter said. Both horses are 8 years old. One horse is a Buckskin Quarter Horse gelding, named Cowboy, approximately 16½ hands tall, with a scar on his right hind hoof. The other horse is a Sorrell Paint gelding named Chester, approximately 14½ hands tall.
Both horses were used for roping and barrel racing by the victim and his family. Along with the horses, the thief stole two saddles and bridles. The horses are valued at $2,500 each, and the saddles and bridles are valued at $1,600.
It appears the thief cut a barbed-wire fence at the rear of the property and led the horses out onto St. Paul Street, where it is believed they were then loaded into a trailer and driven away.
Anyone with any information is urged to contact the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at 813-247-8200 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-8477. "
They said on the TV news that the horses were microchipped, so if the thieves try to sell them, hopefully someone will check for the chips. Saw pics of them, and they are beautiful horses. Hope they get to come back home soon.
why can't these people leave everyone else's animals alone! why don't they just get 
and work for what they want like everyone else. you know this all can't be the same group, I mean this is happening everywhere. and if slaughter has been stopped (at least temporarily) then just what the h e double hockey sticks are they doing with these horses???
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And indeed hopefully these thieves will get what they deserve. Here in Holland I think we are far too lenient in such cases. People usually only get fined a couple of hundred Euro's. 
I do see documentaries on animal planet that make me hope that over at your end, they will not get off so easily. 
Thank God they got them back. I have chill bumps at the thought. I hope those idiots get caught soon this must stop. Praise God for this great gift.