If we are idiotic enough to think that a single horse was as important as it was way back when, when it was pretty much the most important asset a man owned.
But since armchair tough guys here love the death penalty in any form but anything too violent they would never do themselves, why not?
DP, relax dude. Nobody wants to hang the horse thief. It’s a joke son, a cliche. The stuff of black and white westerns. Take a chill pill and get off your high horse. Hang on to it though because there are horse thieves about.
A lot of horses are stolen. Some are butchered nearby, some are sold to slaughter buyers who ship the horses to Mexico to be slaughtered. A few are resold abroad for sport use. You may not think they’re important today, but fine show horses can be worth into eight figures. A child’s beloved pet may become worth thousands through training and experience. It’s horrible to imagine an animal one bred, foaled out, fed, raised, trained, and lived being cut up for some illegal’s dinner, which happens in Florida.