Mounted Police

SaddleSore · 06-16-08, 07:14 PM

How dangerous is it, all in all, for a horse to join one of the mounted police ranks? How do you personally feel about their being used like this?

eeyore · 06-18-08, 11:05 PM

A good police horse is just like any other good office, including the canine ones. They live for their job and to ask them to be a show horse or pet would be wrong. So while some people seem to think bending a horse's will to our own is wrong, giving a horse a suitable task is important to keep them from being bored.

There are tons of dangers: getting shot, getting hit by a car, being stepped on, hit, etc. The good news is that all equine and canine officers are given the same rights as the human ones. Assaulting a police horse is just like smacking a human officer, and shooting/hitting them resulting in death is pursued to the full extent of the law.

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06-18-08, 11:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
eeyore Member Join Date: 06-01-08 Posts: 25	A good police horse is just like any other good office, including the canine ones. They live for their job and to ask them to be a show horse or pet would be wrong. So while some people seem to think bending a horse's will to our own is wrong, giving a horse a suitable task is important to keep them from being bored. There are tons of dangers: getting shot, getting hit by a car, being stepped on, hit, etc. The good news is that all equine and canine officers are given the same rights as the human ones. Assaulting a police horse is just like smacking a human officer, and shooting/hitting them resulting in death is pursued to the full extent of the law.