ClarkeKent
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Hi, I'm new here and desperately need some advice please as I dont no where else to go to find it!
I have a horse who was given to me a couple of years ago as a rescue due to the nature of the work I did at the time (horse rescue centre). When he came to me the woman who owned him gave me a letter to transfer ownership over to me. She had misplaced his passport and said she would try and find it. She had no interest whatsoever in him leaving and really just wanted him gone. The transfer and removal needed to happen quickly as the yard was shutting down and he would have nowhere to go as the ladies who had kindly looked after him due to owners neglect were moving on. I pushed and pushed for passport, eventually almost 12 months later she said she couldnt find it and did not think the owners name had been changed from the previous owner (who I also know, through the nature of my previous job, and am sort of in contact with). I contacted DEFRA to find out what I needed to do to get a replacement (at this stage I did not know that the last owner hadnt had the passport changed into her name) and aside from them telling me off they werent at all helpful and just said I would need to track down the PIO. This I did via the previous owner to the last owner, I contacted PIO who said it would be difficult to find passport with limited details etc but if I sent in photos of my horse and the cost of replacement they would track it down and issue me with a new one with all up to date information (to include previous owners name and address). This I did and have not heard back from them since. I have tried to get in contact with them but had no luck tracking down the particular woman I spoke to and no-one else in office seems to have a clue! Its all very weird and seeing as I sent cash in post (stupid I know, but did so on her recommendation that it could be fast tracked!) I'm feeling I've been fleeced and left with no paperwork! I'm in absolute panic, I cant get him insured as you need the passport number and with the recent horsemeat scandal I'm panicing in case he should need the vet. What do I do, how can I track his passport down?? Can he be given a new passport (I fear the answer to that is no!). I still have letter from previous owner transferring ownership to myself and plenty of witnesses (owner of rescue centre, people involved in transfer etc) as evidence that this horse is mine. But I need to get him insured and have all the documentation, I'm having real sleepless nights over this and need it sorting ASAP! Any help at all would be massively appreciated!! Thanks in advance.
I have a horse who was given to me a couple of years ago as a rescue due to the nature of the work I did at the time (horse rescue centre). When he came to me the woman who owned him gave me a letter to transfer ownership over to me. She had misplaced his passport and said she would try and find it. She had no interest whatsoever in him leaving and really just wanted him gone. The transfer and removal needed to happen quickly as the yard was shutting down and he would have nowhere to go as the ladies who had kindly looked after him due to owners neglect were moving on. I pushed and pushed for passport, eventually almost 12 months later she said she couldnt find it and did not think the owners name had been changed from the previous owner (who I also know, through the nature of my previous job, and am sort of in contact with). I contacted DEFRA to find out what I needed to do to get a replacement (at this stage I did not know that the last owner hadnt had the passport changed into her name) and aside from them telling me off they werent at all helpful and just said I would need to track down the PIO. This I did via the previous owner to the last owner, I contacted PIO who said it would be difficult to find passport with limited details etc but if I sent in photos of my horse and the cost of replacement they would track it down and issue me with a new one with all up to date information (to include previous owners name and address). This I did and have not heard back from them since. I have tried to get in contact with them but had no luck tracking down the particular woman I spoke to and no-one else in office seems to have a clue! Its all very weird and seeing as I sent cash in post (stupid I know, but did so on her recommendation that it could be fast tracked!) I'm feeling I've been fleeced and left with no paperwork! I'm in absolute panic, I cant get him insured as you need the passport number and with the recent horsemeat scandal I'm panicing in case he should need the vet. What do I do, how can I track his passport down?? Can he be given a new passport (I fear the answer to that is no!). I still have letter from previous owner transferring ownership to myself and plenty of witnesses (owner of rescue centre, people involved in transfer etc) as evidence that this horse is mine. But I need to get him insured and have all the documentation, I'm having real sleepless nights over this and need it sorting ASAP! Any help at all would be massively appreciated!! Thanks in advance.
is it possible to get a new passport and how would I go about organising this?? Thanks!
