60 cattle horses about to get washed away!

Kokopelli

Kokopelli

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Around 60 horses and cattle have been left on land that is flooded and at a very high risk of being flooded again by the river severn.

Welfare organisations have been contacted and obviously cannot take on so many horses at once in such a short amount of time so they have asked anyone with spare land that can take a few could you please contact RSPCA or WHW.

We are due even more rain over the next few days and the water levels aren't far off 2007 in which case theses poor animals will not survive.

Link to photos of the horses currently:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4878853371214&set=a.4878851691172.2192292.1293924117&type=1&theater

Even if you can only take on one or two that would be a huge help the landowner says he wants them gone.

Local radio stations have also been contacted to put a plea out for people to temporarily take on the horses and cattle.

Please don't turn this into an argument but if you can help brilliant. :)
 
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Have no idea sorry, I don't think so though.

Basically the farm flooded a few weeks ago and RSPCA was called and went out with food and water but didn't move them as it was drier and not so bad but this time round there is no food, no water and no dry ground. A lot of them are hopping lame (probably foot abcess) and some have wounds which are oozing puss.

Owner doesn't care about them (before anyone asks no not travellers) welfare organisations are trying to find land to put some of them on and trying to get the horses signed over to them so they can treat/ pts the ones that need it.
 
If the rescue services have been feeding them, why haven't the injured horses been treated or removed? The longer they're left in that state, the longer the recovery rate, if they ever do :(
 
They've been fed by local people not rescue services but this was a few weeks ago last time it flooded.

They belong to a private owner, won't post his name on here but can pm if anyone wants it the land owner and horse owners are two diff people but land owner is also trying to help get the horses removed.

That's what I thought pixie, better than drowning imo.

It's in Gloucester the field is the flood plains underneath the A40 causeway, it floods badly in the slightest of rain and it won't be long until the poor horses will not be stood on any solid ground.
 
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If I lived nearer, I would definitely help.

Regardless of who owns these horses, who has been looking after or why they were bred, they are live animals who should be not be left to drown - while people bicker.

Well done Kopelli for doing your bit and sorry that some other HHO are a little bit less helpful.
 
Dreadful, not too far away but so sorry we have no keep and lost 7 acres to flooding.... RSPCA will probably wait till horses swimming!
 
I can only suggest posting links on rescue sites on FB or Twitter (at last something those sites are useful for) - surely there must be someone out there who can provide temp accommodation for them :(
 
Shadeyoak said:
I can only suggest posting links on rescue sites on FB or Twitter (at last something those sites are useful for) - surely there must be someone out there who can provide temp accommodation for them :(
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I have put it on a few of them

Where are all the people from the Welsh Fly Grazing thread, plenty of offers of homes on that one. (In addition to the troll of course)
 
M_G said:
Perhaps RSPCA should save their money for cases like this instead of fighting political "class" wars
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I think they do both.

I don't know this case personally but at a guess ALL the welfare organisations that are involved will be doing their best. Despite new laws it is still desperately hard to seize animals if the owner isn't obliging :(

It looks like a very sad typical example of what WHW, Redwings, BHS, RSPCA, Horseworld & Blue Cross were forewarning of in this report. :(
 
I am 20 miles fro Gloucester and it is hammering down now so its going to get worse. My field and stables are flooded out so unable to help. No one is going to want 60 horses on their land, finding empty barns would be easier but from what I have read on the local fb page the owner can't even supply hay.
Why does he have these horses?? are they intended fot the meat trade eventually??
Really sorry I can't help, it is awful
 
Can transport be arranged??
We have no transport but I'm talking to the sanctuary owner, would the owner sign directly to us as we have a 'no RSPCA' policy.
(Sounds awful and not willing to discuss on public forum so please don't ask or think badly of us)
 
The lady frantically trying to save these horses can be contacted through the Gloucestershire Horse Riders Facebook page, there is a bang up to date thread on there with all the info
 
They belong to a private owner, won't post his name on here but can pm if anyone wants it the land owner and horse owners are two diff people but land owner is also trying to help get the horses removed.

NAME AND SHAME
 
Shadeyoak said:
The RSPCA needs a rocket up their behind then :mad:
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Do we know WHY the RSPCA won't move them yet? Perhaps they physically CAN'T: can't get at the land due to flooding, can't get permission just yet, perhaps they need to wait for one (or more) of the specialist equine charities to arrive with suitable vehicles. Perhaps the land offered isn't suitable, perhaps they need to inspect it first to be sure they aren't putting them at risk in a different way. It's boxing day, perhaps those who are needed aren't contactable. Perhaps they can't legally do it yet.

I'm not saying the RSPCA are perfect, not by any stretch of the imagination, but please, a little less of the unhelpful assumptions :o
 
M&S ChristNatch said:
Do we know WHY the RSPCA won't move them yet? Perhaps they physically CAN'T: can't get at the land due to flooding, can't get permission just yet, perhaps they need to wait for one (or more) of the specialist equine charities to arrive with suitable vehicles. Perhaps the land offered isn't suitable, perhaps they need to inspect it first to be sure they aren't putting them at risk in a different way. It's boxing day, perhaps those who are needed aren't contactable. Perhaps they can't legally do it yet.

I'm not saying the RSPCA are perfect, not by any stretch of the imagination, but please, a little less of the unhelpful assumptions :o
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This has been going on for over a month now, they've had four weeks to organise something :(
 
iwas going to say we have a spare couple of fields, space for two horses but we're on the other side of the country and one horse is recovering at the moment so wouldn't be fair on him, i really wish i could help, good luck to these poor horses, though its good to hear that people are helping
 
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