Another tragic case - deeply upsetting. I can't understand cruelty like this.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7179105.stm

Disgusting, I cannot understand or tolerate ANY cruelty to ANY animal!

thats utterly appaling

This sadly is local to me and I think words fail me to be honest. Those poor horses. How can people be so cruel

Its in the same town as my parents!

Absolutely sickening

Appauling

The article says the guy has been visited before by the RSPCA. Wounder when this was and what action was taken.

I am astounded though that something like this can happen and no one did anything about it until now. The animals dont get in that condition over night someone must of known what was happening.

Sad very sad

Wendy

"The article says the guy has been visited before by the RSPCA"

I am fast running out of faith in the RSPCA, what do they actually do now frankly? the number of threads on this site about them refusing to do anything about poorly kept dogs and incidents like this...makes you wonder.

I am fast running out of faith in the RSPCA, what do they actually do now frankly? the number of threads on this site about them refusing to do anything about poorly kept dogs and incidents like this...makes you wonder.

I know very little about the RSPCA and have only dealt with them the once when I reported some abandoned pot bellied pigs and, in fairness they did respond and informed me of the outcome.

I was just wondering if the incidents that need intervention are possibly now outweighing the resources available.

I was just wondering if the incidents that need intervention are possibly now outweighing the resources available.

That's what I'm starting to wonder.  Years ago I had an injured baby bird and called them, they came out within a couple of hours to take it from me.  Very good service then, but I wonder if there's just so, so many cases needing investigating that they simply can't do it - and some take precedence over others.  Such as this one; I could well imagine that a case of, say, one dog being treated badly or the like would be a lesser priority than saving what animals survived in this awful situation.  Sadly I suspect it's only going to get worse.

i think your right nikita

The more I hear about this story the angrier I feel, someone told me that there are claims that he was selling animals to be chopped up for cat food!

Considering what a state his animals were in I hope not!

I was reading the Telegraph yesterday, and a hot line was inundated with calls about if these horses and donkeys were there stollen animals.
Which made me ythink., This guy had over 100 horses and donkeys. Why diod he have them?????? Could they have been stolen???? ( I know of a shetland foal being stolen from near me about 6 months ago so could it be there????(probably not but it is a thought)
Why did he have that many and if they are stolen hopefully people will be able to get back thier own horses :)
Sorry for rambli9ng
Lea :)

The person was running a business, selling meat abroad.
Have you ever thought what happens to racehorses that dont make the grade or get injured and are unable to continue in training. The answer is simple, people like him buy them and sell them abroad. There is very little demand for horse meat over here, but in France they love it, that is where his market was. All horses now have to have passports, so in theory all the horses and donkeys on his premises should have been papered. The RSPCA officers should be able to trace ownership from tattoes etc.
It is tragic how many young racehorses end up as fodder. For £150 you can pick up a true blue blood racehorse that would be very happy to end up in a paddock for the rest of its life rather than the fate that awaits most others.
It is estimated that £2.5M exchanges in the trade of ex-racehorses every year.
I have saved 1 horse from certain death, a 4 year old then old chestnut gelding that did not make the grade on the flat, tried hurdling and failed that as well. He is now 14 and still going strong.