Horses Used to Secure Border in Areas the Hi-Tech Stuff Won’t Reach
Tim Gaynor, of Reuters, has written a great article about the Border Patrol’s use of mounted agents to secure U.S. borders.
Here’s an excerpt from the article:
“Most of the traffic is being pushed into these mountainous areas which are harder to work. They are very remote,” said Bobbi Schad, a horse patrol supervisor from Tucson. “With a horse you can get up in there.”
“They realized we were so much better at controlling certain areas, so they said ‘hey, let’s keep utilizing an old-school tool and go back to the basics.’”
January 25th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
yes! horses are the ultimate green technology! why not use them in other roles? surely anyone with a big enough yard could use one instead of a car…