Equine Crime - is it 'low priority'...?

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My recent horrid experience with a horse which was certainly injured maliciously has left me wondering if the Police really do not prioritse equine (or animal) crime highly.

It could be posed as criminal damage - eg. initially decent Sj horse, worth 15K, injured and maybe recover as light hack worth £500, surely the loss incurred by insurers is worth a bit more concern that ' we'll never know...' That is just an example but I have spoken with owners who have lost a lot more and the response has been rather on the side of 'prove it or prove you have not contributed to the loss'. Jolly unfair as this does not seem to apply in other areas. Family we know were sadly burgled, victim support counselled them, kept in touch and generally showed some care, insurance paid 500% of actual loss value.... how many horse owners can say that!

Have a grump on anyway as reported to local Police that n'er do well group were wandering about shooting randomly from public highways - Police say 'coundn't find them'... we could have followed them on donkeys!

Time for a Chardonnnaaaay.................
 
Yes, I'd say they definitely cant be bothered. We've had numerous thefts from our yard, none of which the police were interested in. Last time the tack room was burgled and the police didnt even bother to come out, they just took a few details over the phone and that was the last we heard.
 
Depends how busy they are at the time - at 3.30am last summer we heard someone climb over our field gate (which is beyond next door's house, but has a loud clanking chain), and rang the police, they came straight out and investigated, found a woman parked up round the corner in a car acting suspicously, family known to police, they reckon she'd dropped her pasrtner off and as she was being watched she then went off home, it meant he had a 3 mile walk home tee hee.
 
Firstly, victim support is NOTHING to do with the police. It is ah independant Charity that the police report things on to. Secondly, if there is no cctv at a yard, there is nothing they can do anyway, not saying this is the case though. But the besr thing to do is follow free sites like freeads or gumtree. And lastly, it is very difficult for a non horse organisation to understand what you mean by a 'broken' horse as such. The police have A LOT of things to do constantly. I went to the control center recently, and I honestly don't know how they cope!

I know it's infuriating, but we honestly don't ignore calls, or do nothing, even if that appears the case.

Maybe some people should group together and make a victim support for animal lovers?

Bexcy-bee x
 
Pedantic said:
Is anything a priorority for them.
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Yes. When someone in my family was murdered the police were absolutely brilliant. They caught the scumbag that did it and built a brilliant case, got it taken to court, pretty much held our hands through the whole ordeal and the ******* is now in prison for life thanks to them. Whenever anything comes up remotely related to the case or him they call us straightaway.

My friend used to be in the Met and all of her mates are out there in riot gear doing battle at the moment. She is worried sick.

Someone at my yard had money stolen from their horsebox. Yes they did come out the same day but in the end the lady decided not to pursue it for her own reasons.

The police take a lot of criticism and some of it is justified but I don't think it is fair to imply, as Pedantic does, that they never bother with anything, because it is simply not true. There are a lot of hard working men and women in the police who do a great job serving their communities just as there are some bad apples and too much paperwork.
 
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