Loose Horse and Community Police Officers

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My sisters just had a horrible experience where she almost hit a loose horse in the dark on a country road. She managed to get hold of it and another near-miss driver called the police, because the horse was going mad and the traffic wasnt slowing down enough to allow her to walk it back up the road and into the field it came from. She waited an hour and a half for two community police officers by which time she had no skin left on her hands. The officers then told her to shove it in a piece of waste land 3mx3m and put a branch across the entrance! When she explained that the horse would only escape immediatle:mad:y and end up through someones windscreen they gave her a look as if she'd just murdered someone! then told her this type of thing happens all the time. Surely these officers should have better regard for the horses safety and motorists! Rant over.
 
oh dear

I think that it would be a good idea for your sister to call the local station tomorrow morning and relay her concerns over what happened.
 
Thankfully she managed to persuade the officers to stop the traffic and after she explained to one of them that the gate wasnt padlocked i.e standard case of lifting the chain and padlock over the gatepost, she put it back in the field with its friend who was also having a hissyfit!
 
The police have no idea what to do in these situations.
When i was a teenager, i heard hooves from my bed at about 5 in the morning and i lived in a quiet cul de sac. I went outside and managed to find a 3 lead roped from the garage and go catch it it was a great big 17hh hunter and i was a skinny teenager but i was very brave, anyway by this time the police had arrived panicing they pulled out a metal measuring tape tocatch it!!!:eek::eek:
Anyway they didnt have a clue what to do so i said well take it to the local stables and at even though i knew it was unttended at least it could go sfely in stable till the owners were tracked down.
They were so petrified nobosy even wlked with me they followed in a car i put the horse in and they put a police aware sticker on the stable,and left.
I phoned the stables that evening to see all was well and they police hadnt goneback down to check who owned or anything luckily the horse came from there!!:confused:
If i hadnt been there god knows what would have happened!! And luckily the horse was well behaved as it could have hurt me!!!There have no plans or any kit to do anything in these sorts of situations at all, and i can imagine this sort of thing happens regualry we have 5 stables in our small village.
 
Your post reminded me of when I was coming home from dog training 10pm last winter down country road. Wondered why car in front was going at walking pace. Turned out he was shepherding 2 loose horses in front of him. They turned down a side lane. So did he and I. We called the police, and as he said he was terrified of horses I suggested he went to block the entrance to the (unlit) lane to stop any other car coming down it. I caught the big horse (about 17hh) with the dog's lead. Her friend was a Shetland, about 10hh, but she seemed quite happy to stand around.
Waited for ages for the police to come. When they did they kept asking me if I was all right and if the horses were 'dangerous'. They then, with some relief, volunteered to go off to knock on doors at various local farms etc.
They eventually located the owners who, having reluctantly came down from their house about half a mile away, then asked ME if I had a headcollar, as they'd forgotten to bring any. By this time my OH, who'd been slumped at home with 'flu, turned up bringing, at my request, headcollars from home. The owners then said they couldn't lead the horses - I can't remember what excuse they gave - I said I was not prepared to lead both horses in the dark so one of the police officers hastily volunteered to lead the Shetland (who gave him quite a tough time, while the big horse was perfect).
We eventually got the nags home, and the police thanked me very nicely for helping. Both said they hated incidents with horses. They said the only animal incidents they disliked more were cross cats up trees! NB: The delightful owners never said a word to any of us - not even goodnight.
 
We had a large travelling community in the city I was in. Needless to say, there were frequent reports of loose "horses" - everything is a horse, whatever it's size! I used to keep an old fashioned canvass halter and carrots in the boot of my car, along with the cones etc, and in the end I'd pretty much be first port of call as I had the "horse-catching kit"! ;)
 
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