I was quite shocked to see an advertisement in a free equestrian magazine offering a reward for information leading to the return of 5 stolen yearlings.
It wasn't the reward that shocked me or indeed that the yearlings had been stolen.
It was the statement -"last checked on the 7th August missing 18th August" that astounded me, so these yearlings had been left, presumably out at grass, for 11 days before anyone went and checked on them?
What about water?
Possible injury?
Damaged fencing?
etc, etc
A horse or pony out at grass needs to be checked on twice a day, a lot can go wrong in 12 hours...
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