Has this happened to you? Forever home & re-sold?

[oldnlame]

After reading lots of posts on this forum it has come to my attention that more and more people seem to be posting threads regarding looking for horses that were supposedly sold/given to 'forever homes' and then have been quickly sold on for more money. This has sparked a lot of debate about whether old and lame horses should be pts rather than sold on, for 'fear' of where they might end up...

So I wondered how prolific this type of scam is? Have you ever given an old/injured horse to a supposedly private hacking/companion 'forever' home only to find out later that the horse has been sold on? Or have you been on the receiving end of a 'scam' like this and been sold a horse that turned out to actually older than the passport said, or have behavioural problems or old injuries that had not been disclosed in the sale?

I am undertaking an equine degree at a college in the southeast and am currently writing an assignment regarding what to do with previously injured and older horses once they can no longer compete....so any local information would be very handy. I already know a few people this has happened to but was curious to know on a larger scale how big this problem is.....

I can offer coffee and chocolate croissants for those that have read this far!

 

[Cuffey]

I would think this is far more widespread than we know about
We only know about those whose owners try to look for them etc
I find the number of ''free to good home'' adverts increasing I noticed one on Dragon Driving yesterday for an EMS pony

People who 'rescue'' horses then try to rehome them............why rescue if you cannot give them a home for life?

A look at Missing Horses on Loan website will start you off.

Quite a few here are missing on loan
http://www.nedonline.co.uk/public/lostStolen.aspx

 

[MHOL]

If you would like to contact us we can give you details of scams, it is unbelievable what goes on and is being ignored. There are a lot of very ruthless people making big money, two cases we were involved with are in Crown Court. www.missinghorsesonloan.co.uk