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Horse Sent Back To Molino After Escaping From City Car Lot, Police Roundup
July 19, 2014
A horse has been “sentenced” to head back to the farm in Molino after a wild Friday morning that included an escape from a car lot, a police roundup and a cab.
Pensacola Police Officer Hank Wells found himself in a one-man rodeo this morning when he tried to find a horse that had escaped from a car lot. The incident was reported to police around 9:20 a.m. after the seven-year-old black gelded horse named “Ziggy” was seen in the 1300 block of North M Street.
“The horse had somehow gotten loose and was just walking around,” said Wells, who found the horse near Q and Brainerd streets about the same time as a passing cab. Wells said the cab driver happened to have a bucketful of hay and a thick rope in his car, which were used to catch the horse. Its owner was identified through bystanders, who told Wells the horse belonged at E-Z Cars Inc., 1501 North Pace Blvd.
Sgt. Stephanie Nowlin with Escambia County Animal Control said the horse left the car lot through an open side gate around 8:30 a.m.Friday; it has not yet been determined how long the horse was at the business.
Irfan Sukhera, owner of the car lot and the horse, was given citations for an animal roaming at large and animal nuisance.
Nowlin said the horse is being transported to Sukhera’s farm in Molino. Panhandle Equine Rescue will be coordinating adoption of the horse.
Nowlin said it is not known how long the horse had been at the car lot. And there was also no reason given as to why the cab driver had rope and hay in his vehicle.
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12 Responses to “Horse Sent Back To Molino After Escaping From City Car Lot, Police Roundup”
>>>I am the GM of Yellow Cab and I can tell you that the driver “did not happen to have a bucket of hay and a rope in his cab.”
Not disputing your statement at all…just want everybody to know the Pensacola Police Department press release stated that he did….that’s why out story says that.
I am the GM of Yellow Cab and I can tell you that the driver “did not happen to have a bucket of hay and a rope in his cab.” The cab driver saw what was happening and went to the lot where the horse was kept to get a bucket of hay and a rope. We may try to be prepared for all situations but we do not carry hay and ropes in the taxi cab. Just a guy trying to help the police.
This is bizarre. All jokes aside, I feel bad for this horse. He had to be frightened. Just don’t understand how and why he was lving at a car lot. Horses need pasture land not cement.
Bizarro Bizarro Bizarro.
I almost hit this horse as it bolted across pace! Me and several others from a local business help coral this horse as well! Thanks to everyone that helped and thank God the horse or any individuals were not hurt!!!
There could one other explanation for the horse being at the car lot — maybe– just maybe the horse belonged to the Lone Arranger.
I have to get hay 2 bales at a time in my Durango for my horse and believe me, there’s enough back there to make up more than a bucketful. I’ve considered borrowing a neighbor’s goat to eat up the debris. And I’ve made sure I had a halter and lead rope in my vehicle for 30+ years. You just never know. But I would assume the cab driver was a friend of the horse owner out trying to find the poor critter.
@Bob. I think EZ is in the county. I hear ads saying the car lots will take any thing in as a trade, so maybe he did. Or maybe he just wanted to horse around on a car deal. As to hay and a rope– I worked as a LEO and I kept animal treats and a lead in a box in the trunk of my car for a long time.
The larger question looms. What is a horse doing at a car lot? This ain’t 1899.
Another question, how could an animal be properly cared for at a car lot in the city? Tell us more if you can.
Makes one wonder what kind of passengers that cabby picks up.
OMG I laughed so hard: “a passing cab driver happened to have a bucketful of hay and a thick rope in his car.” — wow talk about always be prepared!
This is a weird story, why would a cab driver have a random bucket of hay & a thick rope, he could be innocent, not saying he isnt, just a big speculation, but maybe cops need to investigate him, I’ve probably been watching too much TV, but who can tell, I can see him /her owning animals, but not having any opened pet supplies like that in the cab & it also being in the city, unless he boards his animals, but still strange.