Woman claims thieves stole her miniature horse to sell for meth

A woman from Montgomery, Alabama, claims four neighbours stole her miniature horse on Saturday in an attempt to sell it for methamphetamine. Christy Israel reported her beloved pet, Sky, missing from her home early on Saturday morning to the Montgomery County Humane Society.



"They kicked in the back gate and took her out. They put her in the back seat of a vehicle and drove her across town and tried to sell her for drugs," Israel said. The animal was located the same afternoon, about 10 miles away in west Montgomery, Humane Society investigator Robert Bryant said. The horse was perfectly healthy. "I firmly believe the horse was stolen," he said.

"The common theory right now is that they were trying to sell it. Once they realised they couldn't sell it, they dropped it off." Bryant said there is no way the horse could have escaped its enclosure and travelled 10 miles through downtown Montgomery and crossed Interstate 65 on its own and without being seen. The area where the horse was found is a common dumping ground for animals, he said.



The horse was located by residents who saw it walking down the street, he said. Israel says that four men who live in her neighbourhood took the horse with the intent of selling it for $150. They planned to use that money to buy meth, she said. She claims one of the thieves confessed the plot to her. Bryant said he couldn't confirm those allegations.

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