Miniature horse captured after hours-long chase by police, animal welfare officers and cowboys

A miniature horse ran wild in downtown Oklahoma City early on Friday morning. Police, animal welfare officers and cowboys from the Oklahoma National Stockyards chased after the horse for hours.



Eventually, the horse was captured, but no one seems to know who owns him. A miniature horse with no name and no owner to be seen was trotting along the street, reported a resident in a 911 call. The call came in at 1:15 in the morning and the horse wasn't captured until 5:30 a.m.



Officers said it felt like a wild goose chase. "It felt that way. We don't have a lot of training catching loose horses," said Lt. David Wegner, with the Oklahoma City Police Department. So officers called in some cowboys from the Oklahoma National Stockyards to help.




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"Showed up to a mini horse and he's fast as lightning, and with this rain and mushy grass, trying to throw a rope, it wasn't easy," said Jay Lewis, with the Oklahoma National Stockyards. Eventually, the cowboys were able to lasso the little runaway. Lewis took the escapee to the Stockyards to feed him and wait for his owner to come forward.

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