****BEWARE****Someone letting horses out!!!****

[TAFKAL]

Just a quick thread to make horse owners aware that there has been a spate of horses being let out of their stables and fields. I have just got back from trying to help KrakenKid capture two ponies that had been let out on the main road between Wick and Thurso (just near loch Watten b&b). If it wasn't for here these two ponies would likely have been hit on the main road - they very nearly were!

It beggars believe that anyone would be so callous. Someone is going to be involved in a serious car crash if this continues. Horse vs car could be fatal for the driver, and probably would be fatal for a horse.

If anyone knows who this is will you please report it to the police? As far as I know the owners of this incident are going to be reporting this to the police. I don't know whether anyone else has though... It has happened to mine twice now and I didn't report it as I just thought it was a mistake of mine or my partners. It seems that a lot of people have had horses let loose

If anyone else has had this happen will you post on the thread and let the police know? It would be good to esablish how wide ranging this is so we can be more careful.

I'm at Lower Bylbster, near Watten and this time it was just before Watten at the Camster Road. I know of an incident near Georgmas too.

[ladybird]

Hi, I had 2 let out of their field at West Murkle, wire at the gate had been cut, this was reported to the police.

[TAFKAL]

Aparantly the two today were let out of a field that was double padlocked as this happened a couple of weeks ago. Definitely not an accident...

[teenybash]

Thanks for the heads up...I shall spread the word and keep extra watch over my field.

[froal]

My ponies gate was tampered with we had ties rope round it and it had been all cut off...!!!
So we have tied it again !

[rhoda]

Get on to your local paper, John O'Groat Journal, and get them to run this information. That's what the local press are for.