BIG MASSIVE WARNING TO WIRRAL PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[han_mojo]

two guys have been seen on our yard (STORETON HALL FARM) at 3.30pm with 2 staffordshire bull terriers with them, looking around the yard and asking if there are any spare stables and asking about a few horses if they have been backed!!!!!!!!!!!

We have contacted the police etc and we have done the best to try and reduce anyone stealing! Which include me and a few other people actually sleeping at the yard tonight!!!

This is really freaking me out as mojo is a typical horse that they want and will go with them!!!!!!

 

[kellie1]

Thats really scary! Be carefull these men have been said to be violent

 

[han_mojo]

yea i know. We are going to be armed with pitch forks and spades!!

 

[vennessa]

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yea i know. We are going to be armed with pitch forks and spades!!

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Don't get yourselves in trouble. Ring the police whilst you are hideing.

 

[han_mojo]

we are sleeping in a box

 

[SecretSquirrell379]

make sure the police know that your sleeping down there tonight. Be careful. all joking aside pitch fork or not your not much of a match for pit bull and 2 burly blokes

 

[han_mojo]

very true, the police know and everyone on the yard knows what we are doing. WE have phones.

 

[kookymoose]

Is it true they are knifing out microchips on horses and shooting them if they find a hidden id mark when they get them back?

 

[kellie1]

I have to say i would do the same, if they had been seen on our yard, in fact i would do anything to save my baby!

 

[han_mojo]

thanx kelly. Good to know i aint an obsessed horse owner!

 

[em21xx]

i think youre doing the best you can, and be prepared for the worst, it sounds like these people are pretty likely to pay a visit, not trying to freak you or anything!
good luck! tell us how it went tomorrow...

 

[han_mojo]

we are going to talk about it later when we meet up what we are going to do if and when they arrive!

 

[the watcher]

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Is it true they are knifing out microchips on horses and shooting them if they find a hidden id mark when they get them back?

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No, I don't think that is true at all

 

[han_mojo]

omg!!!!!

 

[michaelj]

Urgh... My YO wuld go mad if anyone stayed over... she to be quite frank wouldnt give 2 craps! anyway I hope my bobbie is safe in the roadside field... theyl have some job catching him! haha

x

 

[The Virgin Dubble]

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Is it true they are knifing out microchips on horses and shooting them if they find a hidden id mark when they get them back?

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Could you give us a link to the news source about this please?

 

[han_mojo]

right guys im off to the stables. I will fill you in what happens tomorrow when im back after work for my lunch! x

 

[Weezy]

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Is it true they are knifing out microchips on horses and shooting them if they find a hidden id mark when they get them back?

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No, I don't think that is true at all

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And here comes the major scare mongering

 

[Sugarplum Furry]

Sorry everyone, but regarding the microchip thing, yes. I've been involved with Horsewatch for a long time, and I know this is true.

The thieves have scanners. If they steal a horse and discover it has a chip, and it's in an easy place on the horse (neck, for instance, although the chips as you probably know do move with time) they will nick it out. They then explain the injury away, if asked, by saying that the horse caught itself on a fence, branch etc. I'm not saying this happens to every horse but it has been known.

As for shooting them, no, not that I've ever heard of.

 

[pennyh]

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Is it true they are knifing out microchips on horses and shooting them if they find a hidden id mark when they get them back?

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i asked a vet about the digging out microchip reports a couple of weeks ago , she said as far as she was aware it was nonesense & that because of where the chip is put in the ligamant it would make a real mess of the horse to do so & that also the chips can migrate a fair bit in some cases