Lady looking for lacking horse
FOX 13’s Kylie Jones stories on Connie Smith, a horse proprietor in Manatee County, who’s pleading for assist to seek out her household’s lacking horse, Cloud, who has been lacking for at the very least 4 days.
MYAKKA CITY, Fla. – A horse proprietor in Manatee County is pleading for assist to seek out her household’s lacking horse.
Connie Smith stated her rescue horse, Cloud, has been lacking for at the very least 4 days, however she stated there aren’t any indicators of it escaping. She believes Cloud disappeared Thursday night time.
Smith stated her husband went to feed their horses round 9:30 a.m. on Friday and observed Cloud wasn’t there.
“My husband walked in the home and stated, ‘Can’t discover Cloud,'” Smith stated.
Smith rescued Cloud, a white mare, 12 years in the past. She’s educated as a seashore horse, however has been recovering after she was in a trailer that was concerned in a crash in November.
Pictured: Cloud, the horse.
“When she is moist, she does have blue underlying,” Smith stated. “She has paint markings.”
Smith and her household have raised many horses on their property in Myakka Metropolis, however she stated nothing like this has occurred earlier than.
“She’s not only a horse to us,” Smith stated. “She’s a member of the family.”
Since Cloud disappeared, Smith and her household have searched their property and the neighboring properties, however have seen no signal of Cloud.
“Driving via the woods, the fields, in every single place,” she stated. “No hint of her. Nothing. We will’t discover anyplace she received out. None of our fences are down.”
Smith stated that since Cloud is a herd animal, if she had gotten out, they’d anticipate her to be grazing in a pasture close by.

Pictured: Cloud, the horse.
“And, we simply haven’t any clue the place she’s at, in any way,” Smith stated. “We’ve exhausted all the things. We’ve had drones flying.”
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On Monday, Trey Larson, with Florida Sport Restoration, flew a drone with an infrared digital camera over the realm in and round Betts Highway, looking for an indication of Cloud. He stated the drone can detect warmth signatures on folks and animals.
“We’ll scan the realm searching for the residing animals, after which as soon as we discover one, we change over to the zoom digital camera, and we zoom in on the animal and see if it’s the lacking pet,” Larson stated.
Nevertheless, Larson stated a state of affairs like this isn’t widespread. He stated usually, if a horse ran away, it might come again or be close by.
“I’m now extending the search farther and farther, as a result of we’re not discovering her near the residence right here,” he stated.
Smith stated they’ve safety cameras round their huge property, however she stated they took them right down to cost the day earlier than Cloud went lacking.

Pictured: Cloud, the horse.
Because the seek for Cloud continues, Smith fears the worst.
“That she’s been taken for meat,” she stated.
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Workplace is investigating Cloud’s disappearance, however proper now, it says it doesn’t have any proof of prison exercise.
The sheriff’s workplace stated it’s taking this search critically. A spokesperson for the sheriff’s workplace stated deputies can be speaking to neighbors and are searching for tips on Cloud’s whereabouts.
“If somebody does have her, we hope they took her to like her,” Smith stated.
Smith hopes somebody has seen Cloud and will help get her again residence safely. She stated their household is providing a reward for data resulting in Cloud.
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