Horse Thieves Fled Border Guards and Left a Herd to the State
Photo: sauda.e-qazyna.kz
In the Zhambyl region, local authorities sold a herd of horses for 13.8 million tenge through the state auction website. But what is more notable than the sale itself is how the animals ended up in state ownership, Orda.kz reports.
The finance department of the akimat of the T. Ryskulov district put the herd up for auction. The starting price was nearly 50 million tenge, but the bidding went downward, so the price was reduced several times. In total, appraisers inspected 50 horses valued at 19 million tenge, but the akimat ultimately sold only 41 of them. The lot was eventually priced at 16.6 million tenge.
The animals were described as healthy but severely exhausted. Photos show protruding bones. The horses were not chipped and were kept crowded together in a cramped enclosure.
A Chase at the Border
According to court records, the horses ended up in the hands of the National Security Committee almost by accident.
A court ruling says that on October 7, 2025, border guards found 62 horses being driven from Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan outside an official checkpoint by two unidentified men. When officers tried to detain them, both men fled. The horses were then seized by border guards.
The animals were transferred for temporary keeping to the Akkainar farm. Eight horses died while in custody. The owners were never identified, and no one came forward to claim the herd.
As a result, the akimat’s finance department filed a lawsuit against the farm, seeking to have the horses recognized as ownerless property. The court granted the claim and ruled that the remaining 54 horses be recognized as ownerless and transferred into communal ownership. They have now been sold to new owners.
Original author: Ilya Astakhov
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