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Stolen Horse International, Inc.
PO Box 1341
Shelby, NC 28151
(704) 484-2165
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Been There Done That"
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About the Author
 It is not the cards you are dealt but what you do with them that counts.
- Anonymous
Who Is Debi Metcalfe?
Over the past several years, Ms. Metcalfe has become a champion for the prevention of horse theft. She started on a one person crusade to right a wrong and to put her family back together in the wake of a shattering experience.
In the process of solving a crime and compiling her research Ms. Metcalfe has become a recognized authority in her field. She has appeared on television and various radio programs, in newspaper and magazine articles, and addressed civic groups. Her message is powerful and inspirational.
Debi Metcalfe never meant to become an activist. Quiet and unassuming, she and her husband, Harold, were just another family with a few well-loved pleasure horses. Debi ran a home-based business in their small town of Shelby, NC. But everything changed the night of September 26, 1997. Harold's mare, Idaho, a member of the Metcalfe family for 8 years, disappeared from her pasture. A search revealed a cut fence and
hoof prints that ended abruptly where tire tracks began.
A year-long odyssey began. Debi placed her business on hold and spearheaded the search for Idaho. She found that no structured, centralized resource for victims of horse theft existed. In desperation, she used a "shotgun" strategy to blanket as much of the USA as possible with flyers and to talk with every horse dealer, law
enforcement officers, and auction house that would listen. Debi knew her search required luck and prayer to succeed, but fifty-one weeks after the theft, a flyer ended up in the right place. Its reader made the call that brought Idaho home.
Debi vowed that no other victim would have to face such a traumatic experience alone. The NetPosse was born. This modern day posse uses the speed and networking power of the Internet to spread the word about stolen horses around the world. There is no membership list or dues; anyone can "join" the posse by visiting
www.netposse.com, where information is posted about missing horses.
Today, at the nerve center of the NetPosse, Debi receives hundreds of e-mails daily and travels to speaking engagements to educate equine enthusiast about theft prevention. Through the efforts of Debi and the NetPosse, many horses and their owners have been reunited.
Visit www.netposse.com today. View the flyers of currently missing horses and read the stories of those who have been recovered. You could be the key to helping another horse get home.
TV and Radio:
- FOX TV's America's Most Wanted
- PBS Radio's Weekend America Show
- RFDTV's - HorseCityTV segments
- Best of America by Horseback Radio
- Best of America RFDTV show
- Rick Lambe Show
- Jim Campbell Show
- Lisa Ross-Williams "If Your Horse Could Talk" show
Columnist:
Speaker at:
- Pomona Equine Affaire
- Ohio Equine Affaire
- Kentucky Equine Affaire
- Massachusetts Equine Affaire
- Lynn Palm's "Women Luv Horses" , expo
- Equifest Kansas
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NATRC National Convention
- Alabama Horse Fair
- Florida Equestrian Celebration
- Florida Equine Capital Horse Exposition
- Virginia Equine Extravaganza
- NC Equine Extravanganza
- Virginia Equestrian Event East
- International Stallion Exhibition and
Trade Show Lansing, MI
- Tennessee Volunteer Horse Fair
- Carolina Classic Horse Expo
- Southern Horse Festival
News Media Coverage on theft
- Dressage Today
- Horse and Rider
- United States Pony Club News
- Equus
- The Paint Horse Journal
- The Quarter Horse Journal - America' Horse
- Practical Horseman
- The Gaited Horse Magazine (On cover Winter addition
2006)
- Horse Illustrated Livestock Magazine
- Horse Illustrated
- The Yankee Pedlar
- Natural Horse Magazine
- Hoofbeats Magazine
- The Voice
- ShowLife Magazine
- The Angelos
- The Charlotte Observer, Shelby Star and many newspapers across the country
- And many more....
Author of:
- Book - Horse Theft. Been There--Done That
(available on this site/proceeds support Stolen Horse International.
See info below)
- Published articles in magazines, newspapers and many online
websites
Awards:
- National Collegiate Kappa Delta Sorority's Awe Inspiring Woman over 50
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Horse International video is now on YouTube.com! This short video is an excellent way to tell your
friends about NetPosse.com. Pass it on.
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Horse Theft. Been There -- Done
That,
by Debi Metcalfe
Front
Cover | Table
of Contents | About
the Author |
Back Cover
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Excerpts - Chapter
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Book
I am always doing things I can't do; that's how I get to do them.
-- Pablo Picasso
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