Standard of Living – Madison, Wisconsin

Steve Sprowl with identified and as of yet some unidentified locals continue to hold 12 horses hostage after breaking into a family’s property this week and herding horses onto blacked-out get-away trailers and taking off to an as of yet undisclosed location.  When I refer to theft or thieves, I mean by the definition that someone has taken someone else’s property without their consent.  One of the victims, Brian Travis, has been on local news stations and can be found here for an introductory interview and here (within hour 1) for a complete update as of yesterday.  In summary though, the thieves still refuse to give the location of the stolen horses.  If you have not watched the video yet please do so here.  After watching the video and the horrendous treatment of the victims, one begins to wonder if the horses will not also be subjected to torture or violence.  Other thoughts that come to my mind is that the thieves may subject the stolen horses to starvation to set up the victims for a bigger ransom.  There are many people in the victim’s area that continue to call the victim and tell their stories of similar theft and violence perpetrated upon them by similar thieves.  After watching the video, please consider donating to the victims to help with costs associated with the ransom that the thieves will likely announce soon.

• Radio interview 3/09/09
• Radio interview 3/13/09
• Video site
• Donation site

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