On Tuesday, May 26, 2014, two horses were standing in an Oregon County pasture when the sun went down. Wednesday morning there was no trace of the two. They’d vanished into thin air.
Helping owners find stolen horses
On Tuesday, May 26, 2014, two horses were standing in an Oregon County pasture when the sun went down. Wednesday morning there was no trace of the two.
Richard Enarson and Loretta Bettis asked Stolen Horse International for assistance in locating their horses Babe, a 9 year old Palomino Missouri Fox Trotter mare and Pete, a Palomino Quarter Horse Stallion, who the Oregon County Sheriff’s Department believes are lost or stolen.
Stolen Horse International, a nonprofit organization also know as NetPosse.com, is well known in the equine community for horse theft education and assistance in recovering stolen or missing horses, as well as other equine equipment.
On May 28, 2014, Stolen Horse International, Inc. received the first online report on its Web site, www.NetPosse.com, filed by Loretta Bettis and, in short order, began distributing the information via their NetPosse Alert (the horse community’s Amber Alert) on the Internet to hundreds of social media groups and private email contacts in an effort to rally the public to help the family.
The next day while Bettis was at the Enarson home, Pete was mysteriously returned to a round pen on the farm.
There are many unanswered questions that pop into mind but the most important one is, where is Babe? We hope you will help the Enarson family answer that question.
The police department’s case number and other information are on the NetPosse flyer and webpage to identify this case quickly when calling in a tip. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Oregon County Sheriff’s Department, (417)778-6611 or Stolen Horse International with information.