As Overland Park school funding gets reduced - Funds for saving expensive horses is ok

A 650-pound Rubber Horse Helps Rescuers Train For Icy Emergencies:

Police officer Eric Thompson, Overland Park's chief animal control officer, is training Overland Park firefighters and its dive team to help his team do large animal rescue throughout Johnson County and the metro area.

Overland Park police hired him two years ago after the city annexed land that includes expensive horse farms. His team has been called to get three horses out of icy ponds this year, he said.

If these farms are expensive horse farms, why don't they have a plan to save their expensive horses rather than rely on the city fire department.

Is it in the community's best interest to devote resources for expensive horse farms? Does the fire department get reimbursed or does it charge for large horse rescues? I don't know.

I just thought the times of the fire department of saving cats in trees has changed. Oh, I guess it did, they are saving expensive horses that have fallen in ponds.

I keep on reading about how government departments are losing funding. Schools like the Blue Valley and Olathe School districts are losing nearly 10 million dollars, but we have funds for saving expensive horses.

Does this make sense to you?

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Blog post written by the Dowell Taggart Team of RE/MAX Best Associates

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