Wow wasn't there a time in this country when they would hang you for that.
Not the stealing part but killing a mans horse for no reason.
Not the stealing part but killing a mans horse for no reason.
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Minn. Farmer âShockedâ After Horses Put Down By State Patrol
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You must have the tree proof fences then huh!? I would be overly pissed if this had happened to my horses! They couldn't even go to her house and wake her up and let her assist them!? Being in a Fire Dept, I have stopped traffic many of times for cows getting in the roadway, not once have we had to get any put down.
I'd say they were some trigger happy troopers!
Just Plain LAZY ass Cops. Pissed because they lost their Donut Break. Many ways to handle this situation and they take the Short Route.
I was a county and state officer for 32 years and have encountered horses or cattle in the road more times than I can remember.NEVER put one down. Always knew the farms in my patrol area (that's the way LE used to be--KNOW the people in your patrol community) and it wasn't all that hard to get in touch with the farmers in the area and have them check their animals.
Animals are frightened you have to approach them calmly. I always managed to get ropes on them and lead them out of the roadway or chase them far enough from the roadway to remove the danger....That's what blue lights (stop the traffic) and sirens (animals will retreat from sirens, at least that has been my experience) are for...all it takes is a little time and patience that you get paid for.
However in fairness, I must say that I was raised around animals on a farm for a good part of my younger years and I have respect for them but not fear..some people are scared to death of large animals if they have no experience with them...but I think a better decision could have been made.
Apparently they were in horse country and at least the local sheriff's officials that routinely patrol the area should have knowledge of the horse owners in the immediate area.. YES people's lives have priority but in this case AS DESCRIBED ,it should not have been that difficult to locate the owners...they didn't have any trouble finding them the next morning to tell them their horses had been killed.
Animals are frightened you have to approach them calmly. I always managed to get ropes on them and lead them out of the roadway or chase them far enough from the roadway to remove the danger....That's what blue lights (stop the traffic) and sirens (animals will retreat from sirens, at least that has been my experience) are for...all it takes is a little time and patience that you get paid for.
However in fairness, I must say that I was raised around animals on a farm for a good part of my younger years and I have respect for them but not fear..some people are scared to death of large animals if they have no experience with them...but I think a better decision could have been made.
Apparently they were in horse country and at least the local sheriff's officials that routinely patrol the area should have knowledge of the horse owners in the immediate area.. YES people's lives have priority but in this case AS DESCRIBED ,it should not have been that difficult to locate the owners...they didn't have any trouble finding them the next morning to tell them their horses had been killed.
Too lazy to read the article? Too busy jumping on an opportunity to rag on cops? Just too big a dumbass to think things through? Gotta be something.
So, yeah...much safer for all concerned and more humane to just run around and risk...
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So, yeah...much safer for all concerned and more humane to just run around and risk...
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Would you like help off your soap box?
Did you intend to insult me by calling me a color? If so...your welcome to your opinion MOD but I could care less what you think.
If I had to sit in stopped traffic while they went to wake up a vet, I'd want to shoot the damn horse myself.
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