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Press Releases
Press Release:
11/13/06 Stolen Pony located after 5 years through NetPosse.com
Press Release: 11/7/06
International magazine, The Gaited Horse to feature Stolen Horse
International Founder on winter cover
Press Release: 10/24/06
NetPosse.com Reports
Horse Thieves hit Martinsville, Indiana aided by unsuspecting Good Samaritan
Press Release: 10/2/06
NetPosse.com Reports
Horse Thieves hit Cherokee County, Georgia, again – in a BIG way!
Press
Release: 5-18-06 Debi Metcalfe’s Extraordinary
Expertise Provides another Vital Link in the PhelpsSports.Com
Chain
Press
Release: 5/3/06
SHI ANNOUNCES CIVIL VICTORIES FOR VICTIMS IN MISSING HORSE
CASES! --Together at last--together forever!
Press Release: 1/11/06
STOLEN HORSE INTERNATIONAL (SHI) ANNOUNCES SIX HORSES RECOVERED IN ONE WEEK!
Press Release: 11/24/06
Stolen Horse International announces registration with eBay's Mission Fish
program for non profit organizations
Press Release: 10/11/05
Missing California Horse Returns Home 12 Years Later
Press Release: 9/2/05
Stolen
Horse International to Help Reunite Horses and Owners in Wake of
Hurricane Katrina
Stolen Horse International Articles
Oklahoma Horse Owners Take Heed - There is growing concern regarding stolen andmissing horses in the state of Oklahoma, specifically Oklahoma County. Stolen Horse International, aka NetPosse, has processed several reports that seem to be more than coincidence. While NetPosse only receives a fraction of the estimated thousands of thefts each year, trends can be seen in data collected, and the amount of thefts in Oklahoma is alarming.
Tack Theft Article: Tack Theft Tips for Thought and I'M Not Special - Saddles and other tack account for a huge portion of equine crime, and tack theft has been a recurring problem in the United States and Canada. People living in rural communities continue to be singled out because of the large amounts of horse tack in their barns and trailers. Significant quantities of tack are stolen from horse trailers at home, shows or at other horse events.
News Articles
Two Arrested After Horses Struck by Train - August 2007
We have an update for you on the deaths of two horses this weekend near Verdi. Washoe county sherriff's deputies arrested two people yesterday for stealing those horses.
Hard on the hooves of stolen horses--Woman is spurred to start nonprofit
after family pet was taken by Joe Depriest (The reporter who named
NetPosse) November 2006
We're products of what happens to us. In 1998, when I first met Debi
Metcalfe, she'd recently become a one-woman posse. This is what happened:
Somebody had stolen her prized 12-year-old pleasure horse, Idaho, from a
pasture near Shelby. She was fighting mad. Metcalfe searched for the family
pet by going to horse sales and faxing fliers to traders and auctioneers
around the region. And she turned to the Internet, gradually building a
network of people willing to search for stolen horses. NetPosse, I called it
then. Read more here
Couple search for stolen horse - October 29, 2006 By Hannah
Lodge
hlodge@reportert.com Jack and Alisa Neal are searching for
their horse, “Dilly” Weed’s Dialette, after she was stolen from their
pasture. Dilly, a chestnut Appaloosa mare, went missing from the pasture,
which is surrounded by an electric fence, after a neighbor saw two men and
two women load her into a white trailer near the Neals’ home at the
intersection of Ind. 37 and Turkey Track Road.
Alisa said her husband has owned the horse for 18 years, and her children
are upset by her disappearance
Equine rescue group plans fund-raising event - July 2006
The Enquirer-Journal, Monroe, NC Debi
Metcalfe will be one of the presenters at the United States Equine Rescue
League (USERL) field day. There will be microchipping for dogs
and horses as well as freeze branding for horses at the event. There
will be many other activities (PDF document)
2 horse thieves
found guilty of Thistledown heists -
May 31, 2006 The
Plain Dealer In the Old West, Charles Burneson and John
Queen might have faced a date with the hangman's noose for stealing horses.
Legislative
mistake wipes out theft law - 10/27/05
Montgomery
Advisor
What
started with taking the words "ass," "mule"
and "horse" out of state code has ended with the
creation of a loophole in state law.A 2004 mistake by
Alabama
legislators has eliminated the code that says it's a crime in
Alabama
to steal property valued between $1,000 and $2,500.
Woman charged in horse rescue scheme
- June 2005 Murfreesboro, TN The Daily News
A Rutherford County horse rescuer allegedly used her position as a way to line her own bank account through Internet scams, a sheriff's detective said. "She was playing on the feeling of horse lovers," Greenwood said. "She is definitely a con artist."
Saddles Stolen From Equestrian School For Disabled
- DOUGLAS COUNTY, Mo. 11/11/04
Thieves have literally pulled the saddle off a popular riding
program in Douglas County. The tack was used by special riders, mostly with disabilities, whose muscles strengthen, posture improves and self-confidence soars after spending time in
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Metcalfe Shares Tips to Prevent Horse Theft
- EquiSearch Article -- After finding Idaho, Metcalfe created Stolen Horse International (SHI). SHI is a theft awareness program that strives to prevent horse theft and return stolen and missing horses to their owners.
She shared the following suggestions to help owners act now to prevent horse theft.
more
Virtual,
real posse saddles up
- Laura Pulfer, Cincinnati Enquirer
Alert officer foils theft of four horses
- Mississippi A Lyon police officer foiled the theft
of four horses Saturday and caught one of two men thought to be
involved. It was Coahoma County's second incident involving stolen
horses in a month.
A Cop's Point of View on Horse Theft - Cops like nothing better than to recover people's stolen property and find suspects. Unfortunately, though, people often add to a cop's workload by actually helping thieves steal their property. How? The property isn't marked or positively identifiable.
YOUR
HORSE IS MISSING--WHAT NOW? - When our horse Idaho was
stolen in September 1997, I turned to the Internet for help. I was
unable to find any resources to help us in our search, so I
started gathering e-mail addresses and web sites to contact about
Idaho. Unknowingly this work started building a network of people
willing to assist in the search for stolen horses; that network is
now called Stolen Horse International. We recovered Idaho in
September 1998 in Tennessee after her flyer was seen on a
convenience store's door. MORE...
theHorse.com
A
Miracle Called Idaho--Debi Metcalfe, The Natural Horse
Magazine
STOLEN HORSE IDAHO RECOVERED ONE YEAR LATER
- Idaho was stolen on September 27, 1998 from her owners, Harold and Debi Metcalf's pasture in Shelby, NC. Thus started a yearlong search by the Cleveland County, NC Sheriff's Department and the Metcalf's for their beloved horse, Idaho. The search took Lt Gary Gold to several states checking out leads, while Debi Metcalf turned to the Internet.
Agency, Association Saddle Up to Prevent Horse Theft - Many people only associate horse thieves with the Old West. However, they are still active in the Lone Star State.
Alerts
flashed after wave of horse thefts--SIX horses have been stolen from their paddocks in County Wicklow including Kanta s Cavalier by Cavalier owned by Lisa Landau.
Couple
Indicted in Theft of Horses--Associated Press, Cincinnati Post
Disappearing
Horses - Southern States Mane Points article
This article is in PDF format and you must have Adobe Acrobat
reader 5.0 or higher. Get free reader under the menu on this
page.
Don't
Be A Victim--From the Dan Starks Series on
NBC 6 - Charlotte NC
Dressage
Today--Stolen Dressage Horse Found
Gaited
Horse Magazine - Best on the Net-- NetPosse
Strikes Again
Horse
Show with Rick Lamb--02/16/02 Debi Metcalfe (what to do if your horse is stolen, how to minimize chances of it happening)
Horse
Theft--Been There - "Her "never give up"
attitude is a lesson to us all!" says an investigator in
Virginia. United States Pony Club News article This
article is in PDF format and you must have Adobe Acrobat reader
5.0 or higher. Get free reader under the menu on this
page.
Horse
Theft--A Victims Story (PetPlace.com) - At night, the thieves boldly parked their trailer at a pasture near our home. They cut through a barbed wire fence and led our paint mare, Idaho, to the trailer and whisked her away.
Ever wonder how Stolen Horse International and the NetPosse
volunteer network began? Here is your chance to find out.
Horse
thefts net one-year sentence--By Marie McCain, The Cincinnati
Enquirer
Horse
(alleged) Thief Cathy Crighton--Smoking Gun Police Report
Horse
Thief Sentenced Tuesday Morning--WCPO Cincinnati, OH
Horse
stolen from pasture, officers say--Shelby Star, Joy
Scott-Staff writer
How
Can You Stop Horse Theft
Internet
Helps Recover Stolen Horses--WISHTV 8 Indiana
Internet posse rounds up horse thieves
- By Lauren Gold, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 7, 2003 (not currently linked)
Iowa
Family May Be Victim to Multistate Horseplay--Sara Tennessen,
DesMoines Register
Man
May Be Charged Tomorrow in Thefts--WPCO Cincinnati, OH
Metcalfe Shares Tips to Prevent Horse Theft By Kate Lindon--
An estimated 40,000 to 55,000 horses are stolen each year in the U.S. To combat this statistic, Debi Metcalfe of Stolen Horse International shared theft prevention pointers March 28 at Equine Affaire in Columbus, Ohio.
(PDF document and requires Adobe Reader)
Mystery
of disappeared Chicago show horses may end in Florida--BY
MIKE CLARY, South Florida
Sun-Sentinel
NetPosse
and Stolen Horses--NC Horse News
NetPosse
Chases Modern Day Horse Thieves - Joe Deprist, Staff Writer
for The Charlotte Observer
Networking:
Horse owners join forces--Shelby Star, Joseph Keillor Star
Staff Writer
No
ordinary ‘horse opera’-Cassie
Tarpley Star Staff Writer
Production crew films victims for special report.
Owners
of stolen horses try 'net - By Karen Vance
Cincinnati Enquirer contributor
Owners circle the wagons to protect their equine friends
- Karen Vance
Paint Horse Journal--
Like Taking Candy, Ross Hecox
Painting of horses led to theft arrest--Chicago
Tribune, March 4, 2003
PA
State Police Check New Holland Auction
- PA State Police were at the New Holland Sales Stables in New
Holland, PA responding to complaints regarding the trucks and
trailers that transport the horses and the conditions of the
horses at the auction.
Pair
of Horses Stolen From Local Stables - ABC 13 Houston
Police
Track Ring of Horse Thieves--Karen Hensel, WishTV 8 Indiana
Preble
County Woman Arrested for Horse Thefts--WCPO Cincinnati, OH
Rescued Horse Found At Slaughterhouse
Shelby woman's posse tracks rustlers via a well-wired trail--JOE DEPRIEST,
Staff Writer, Charlotte Observer
Signature
Cracked Stolen Horse Case--Cincinnati Enquirer, Shelia
McLaughlin
Statewide
Search for Two Stolen Horses - May 20, 2004 Clarkesville,
Mississippi - Two
horses stolen from Clarksdale early Sunday morning sparked a
statewide search by law-enforcement officials while the pets'
devastated owners issued a plea for help. PDF printable
document
Stolen
Horse Court Document Hall v. Peter Pan Stables
Stolen
Horse Idaho Recovered One Year Later--EPN
Stolen
Horses Returned to Owners--Associated Press release through
the Plain Dealer
Strange
Horse Laws
Two charged with stealing an Appaloosa--STERLING: Horse owner heard it being advertised on a radio station.
Two
Horses Stolen in Warren County--WCPO Cincinnati, OH
Facts
about the Accident with the Double Deck Trailer in Dearborn,
IN 9/15/04 - by John Holland
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