> Supposedly because there are several different types of chip, all of > which require different readers. Plus you can see a brand from a > distance, which is useful with feral ponies.
I had always heard a visible brand was better to deter thefts but then I read an interview with someone that used to steal horses and he said they looked for the horses with brands because that meant they were worth something and the brands were easy to change - what's a person to do -- Laree in NC Doppa & Mura Simon, Sadie and Sam (the "S" gang) "Yet when all the books have been read and reread, it boils down to the horse, his human companion, and what goes on between them." - William Farley
