Just read your post, I hope you have found your horse. As a matter of interest - North Wales Police successfully prosecuted a woman who sold a horse on loan, the horse had been sent to the abattoir.
If North Wales Police will prosecute and recognise that this is a crime - why are police forces elsewhere stating this type of offence is a 'civil case'. (your force isn't the only one by the way)
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