Yeah, lots of good info here this morning.
Another thing I think I'd do, now that I think back, is not give a description of the horse when I reported it. Then have the person trying to claim it describe the horse to me before I just handed it over. I can't imagine anybody trying to claim an animal that wasn't theirs, but stranger things have happened, as you discovered.
Absolutely. I would want to see proof of ownership which might be why I would try to find the owner through others. I mentioned it previously but my owner had me take pics of Okie when he came in. Plus I have his baby pictures:') ( I haven't registered him yet because I hate to give them up. They are so cute:') With Sarah Lee she didn't even bother to remind me because I take pictures of everything they do but I could desribe both of them too a Tee:')