Rewards target horse hair thefts
Published 5:01 pm Saturday, November 29, 2014
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — Horse owners in rural Sweetwater County are posting a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of whoever might be cutting hair off the tails of their animals.
Apparent thefts have occurred in the Jamestown and Farson areas in just the past week.
Sweetwater County sheriff’s spokesman Dick Blust said the sheriff’s office has received four reports of horse hair thefts in the past six months. Some horses got hit multiple times.
Blust said horse hair can be a valuable commodity used in jewelry, bolo ties, belts, bracelets and even violin bows.
He said anyone with information about the thefts can call the sheriff’s office confidentially.
Lon Wadsworth of Jamestown tells the Rock Springs Rocket-Miner the $1,000 reward could increase if other concerned citizens want to contribute.
