Found: Two Lost Animals

Alabama Mobile But they were bigger than your average pets.

by Steve Alexander

Published: Mon, May 25, 2009 - 6:49 pm CST Last Updated: Mon, May 25, 2009 - 7:25 pm CST

There were two lost animals in the Grand Bay area Monday.
That may not sound unusual, but they were not dogs or cats: they were horses.
Hamilton Holberg said he and his father found the horse and the pony in the middle of Ben Hamilton Road Monday about 1 pm.
Holberg said, "We called my mother to see if they knew anyone who (owned them) because they're a few horse farms around."
Holberg's mother, Regina, said, "I went and searched around a little bit trying to see where possibly they came from or who they could have belonged to, and haven't been able to find it, so I went ahead and brought them home because, if mine had gotten out, that's what I would hope somebody would do."
The horse is huge: the Holbergs estimated about 17 or 18 hands.
Regina Holberg said, "Somebody is probably looking for them and worried. They've been cared for. But horses are mischievous, if they can get out, they're going to get out."
Today, however, they were guests at the Holberg's horse farm being waited on hand and hoof.
But we can report some good news.
Regina Holberg called News Five about 7 pm Monday and said the owners of the horses came to her house to pick them up.
The horses had gotten off their property.

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KxVicious Says:

Mon, May 25, 2009 at 11:51 pm

I’ve had horses for 17 years now, so I’d like to inform you guys, and the media:

IF YOU FIND A HORSE, CALL THE SHERIFF BEFORE YOU HAUL IT OFF SOMEWHERE.

More than likely the horse owner called the sheriff the minute they noticed the horse missing, because that is the appropriate place to report such a thing.

Our pony had to be SEDATED anytime we wanted to haul him for the rest of his life to get him in a trailer after some people that found him when he got out did GOD KNOWS WHAT to get him in a trailer and haul him miles away from home.