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Stolen Gelding Recovered Quickly !
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am very happy to tell you all the the stolen horses and trailer have
been recovered as of last evening! I am amazed at the incredible response to
the postings on the RS and DC Digest.
I had many, many emails requesting more info and the flyer with photos. Many of you passed the word along to other
horse groups and they contacted me for info as well. It is very heartening to
see this incredible response.
The police feel certain that the flood of info on the internet and the TV and newspaper coverage of the theft helped to recover the horses and trailer.
Both horses were in good condition, had their blankets on and seemed none the worse for their experience.
The owners are most appreciative of all the help. Our network is a powerful one and it does
work!!!
I suggest that you all go to the web site www.netposse.com
and read about that
organization - they are an invaluable tool to be used in cases of horse/trailer/tack theft.
If you would be kind enough to pass this word on to those that you had shared the info to I would be most appreciative, not sure I can answer all of the emails that I received!!
Thank you all so much and happy holidays to you and your families.
Jan Goodmundson
RS Old Dominion Region
Arrest Made - The police have arrested two
teenage girls in connection with the thefts. One of the girls was
a past employee of one of the farms. The girls took the horses to
a boarding barn in another part of the city. People there noticed
two new horses that they didn't know about and called police
I was at the Southern Horse Festival in NC when these horses
were stolen doing one of the things I do...promoting awareness
and education. While at the event many people came by my
booth and told me about these horses. I placed a call to Sali
Gear from the show and left a message. Numerous emails
have hit my mail box on these horses.
Thank you Jan for keeping me updated! Thank you Sali for
sensing what to do first. Thank you everyone else who passed an
email to my box or to a friend. A special thanks to Law
Enforcement involved and the news media. It all matters!
It looks like education is paying off. Friends of
the victim sprung in to action, news went out publicly through
the news media, emails were sent with flyers. I have been
posting to list groups for years hoping that not only would
people help with posting and disseminating information but also
hoping for an educational process to occur...
Trainers train you how to work with your horse and solve the
training problems. I have been trying to teach awareness
and how to protect and recover horses. It has been my hope
that people would help each other and themselves
through education. We are seeing the results. This case is
a great example!
Never underestimate the power of one!!!!
Debi Metcalfe
Stolen Horse International, Inc
Emails traveled rampantly when the plea went out
of find Geronimo. Here is just one example:
Please be on the look out for this horse, a
chestnut gelding with 4 socks, blaze, and tatoo on his lip,
currently missing a hind shoe (attention farriers!)
He was stolen from a stable in Virginia Beach off London Bridge
Road the night of 12/04/03. Another horse that I don't have a
description of was also stolen along with some tack and feed and a
late model bumper pull trailer, a Gore with a dressing room I
believe.
With the help of the horse community, maybe he'll be home by
Christmas. Lets send these photos nationwide and get this child's
horse back.
Thanks for your help,
Jane
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