On 5/6/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> For those maintaining that microchips themselves cause cancer (and at a > greater rate than any other injection site), would you cite your sources > (actual scientific studies), please. > Because somehow, I think stolen horses seldom end up in the > finest homes, but maybe I'm wrong.
Interesting theory re: chipping. Still a greater concern at this point is the disparity of scanners for reading all the different kinds, as well as the fact that they aren't visible. I'd rather have a slaughterhouse turn away my stolen horse b/c he had a freezebrand, and then there might be a possibility of getting him back. I didn't do the freezebrand myself. I took my colt to a lady east of Denver who was a freezebranding tech. She's since moved to MT. But there are FB techs who travel and do FB "clinics", where you bring your horse, pay the fee (about $75-100) and the tech will brand the horse. The same vet who suggested FB over chipping also told me "I don't mean to sound racist, but be sure that the signs on your barn are in Spanish too. One of the ways for illegals to make money is to steal horses and sell them to slaughterhouses." There was a horse stolen from a small place just up the road from me, a couple years ago. Just a regular, grade QH, 24 yrs old, along w/ a crappy old trailer from someone else. The people went on to steal a couple other horses, tried to sell one, and an on-the-ball brand inspector caught it and reported them. The lady from here got her horse back--she was lucky. Now I lock everything, and have a security camera and signs everywhere. I think I'm getting the hang of this posting thing Judy. Sorry. If I forget, please remind me. :) Robyn
