The first place that any horse theif would head in my humble opinion to turn over a stolen horse quickly would be a horse trader or public livestock auction house. Many times there are "no questions asked" by the owners of course, so it would be a must to get everyone's name that dabbles in this sort of thing.
Here is the only idea I have been able to come up with to try to recover stolen minis and it may not be a good one but it's a start.
It would require us to make a state by state log of every "trader" and public/private livestock auction house that we can think of.
We can complile a list.
We would each have a completed list.
In each state, give the name, location, and phone number of where an auction is held and the names and locations and fax # of known horse traders/dealers.
For an example: I know of three public livestock auctions in my area and three horse "traders" that I could call if I thought a stolen horse would come through this area. I could alert them and also send them a fax with pictures.
Of course not all people would even bother or care, or even go look at what just came in sometimes, but they might indeed if a reward were to be offered as an incentive.
If everyone can contribute to this list, we can then possibly put out the call when there is an abduction.
I feel we must also have on hand a number and location of every weigh station in every state. This way we can get a jump start to notify them to watch for all trailers coming though in record time.
I also do not know where the horse processing plants are located anymore either and they can be added to the list as well.
This may not be a good idea, but it's better than the nothing that we have now.
Maybe someone else can come up with something that is better.
DISCLAIMER: I am in no way accusing any horse dealer/trader/ livestock auction person as known recievers of stolen horses.
Here is the only idea I have been able to come up with to try to recover stolen minis and it may not be a good one but it's a start.
It would require us to make a state by state log of every "trader" and public/private livestock auction house that we can think of.
We can complile a list.
We would each have a completed list.
In each state, give the name, location, and phone number of where an auction is held and the names and locations and fax # of known horse traders/dealers.
For an example: I know of three public livestock auctions in my area and three horse "traders" that I could call if I thought a stolen horse would come through this area. I could alert them and also send them a fax with pictures.
Of course not all people would even bother or care, or even go look at what just came in sometimes, but they might indeed if a reward were to be offered as an incentive.
If everyone can contribute to this list, we can then possibly put out the call when there is an abduction.
I feel we must also have on hand a number and location of every weigh station in every state. This way we can get a jump start to notify them to watch for all trailers coming though in record time.
I also do not know where the horse processing plants are located anymore either and they can be added to the list as well.
This may not be a good idea, but it's better than the nothing that we have now.
Maybe someone else can come up with something that is better.
DISCLAIMER: I am in no way accusing any horse dealer/trader/ livestock auction person as known recievers of stolen horses.
