help me with my uni work please i need info on equine crime

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hi this is the begining of a long slog which i hope all you horse and hounders will help me with. biscuits and hot choc for all who help.

i have to do a research question and i am baseing it around rural crime and horse crime.

please could you share with me. what crime have you encountered and what methods do u use to prevent crime against your equine property or horse

also any information anyone has on horse crualty or any criminal activity

thanks for the help

there will be more and it anybody knows how to do a poll on here i would be amazingly greatful if u can help.:):o
 
No crime, horses freezemarked and microchipped (all three done), signs on all fences saying so. Padlocks on all gates. Security lighting. We visit at odd times too. Sometimes people on site.

Should add, our signs say "WARNING. These horses are freezemarked and microchipped." And they're about A4 in size.
 
My horse got stabbed in his field a few years ago. If you want any information on what happened etc or any specific questions then please PM me.
 
Padlocks and chains on both ends of the gate leading to the fields. Padlocks and chains on both ends of the gate into the field. H is freezmarked.

The only crime we have had is some tw*t pinched one of our wheelbarrows (bright orange plastic). We put the word out amongst the local OAP's and it reappeared two days later. You gotta love the grannies and granddads, they have eyes everywhere.

Lady who owns the next field along has had jumps, hay and wheelbarrows pinched from the field, but with think it might be a bit of a local grudge thing!
 
I live on a farm which is mainly converted into industrial units and they are continually being targeted by thieves - diesel from lorrys, metal, chain saws, generators etc. Farm is about a mile off road down a single track, electric gates with a key code and security lights but still they come. The farm now belongs to the local Farmwatch group so it will be interesting to see if that makes any difference.
One of the businesses who were having diesel syphoned out of their lorrys on a fairly regular basis were considering using a decoy tank with contaminated diesel in which wrecks the engine but the police advised them not to on the basis that the thieving lowlifes would know exactly where it had come from and in all probability would come back and cause considerable damage as revenge for the wrecked engine.
I used to keep horses on the farm with my friend and we learnt very quickly never to keept anything of any value down there as they would quite often go through our storage containers. I think we lost a few rugs and an old bridle but the worst that happened was when I had a saddle secured on an anti-theft lock which they couldn't steal so they slashed the seat instead.
 
My Pony wears tights over his nose so we can rob banks, he hasn't been recognised yet :D

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Any help :rolleyes:
 
Pedantic said:
My Pony wears tights over his nose so we can rob banks, he hasn't been recognised yet :D

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Any help :rolleyes:
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ahahah! Love it! :D :D

My horses are microchipped, all gates are padlocked, yard owners live on site with dogs which do a very very good job or barking when anybody goes past! Tall green gates surrounding the yard which are paddlocked at a night time. Yard owners are out and about quite late too so keep an eye on things.
 
What about insurance fraud??? Might be worth looking into......

As an example:

Mr Fraudster has a dressage horse, it is insured for £10k on the basis of its breeding and potential. It is proving to not be good at, and has behavioural issues that will make it virtually impossible to sell on. It isn't insured for loss of use just for mortality and vets bills.

Mr Fraudster "accidentally" puts unsoaked sugar beet into the horse's feed, horse gets colic and is eventually PTS. Insurance pay out in full on a mortality claim.

Insurance fraud is becoming increasingly common in all walks of life. Most major insurance companies have huge departments devoted to detecting and dealing with insurance fraud. It is most common on motor policies and household policies but occurs on equine and equine property claims too.

For example who knows how much hay was actually in your barn when the arsonists set it a blaze.

Did your groom actually break her wrist when she tripped over a fork that had been left out whilst at work or did she fall at home and try to blame her employer so that she could make a personal injury claim?
 
I have lots of cctv and an alarm system in place after being broken into last year (nothing taken but very very scary). Horses are micro chipped too. I have special alarms on my gates and even on one stable door.
 
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