Advice on abandoned horse please!

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murphyslaw10

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A young stallion has been abandoned in our village, he first turned up a week ago in a field with cows and a bull, the farmer moved it onto a rough piece of land next to the original field, which we have since discovered has ragwort in it. This piece of land isnt owned by anyone, the owner died recently with no family. It looks like a Gypsy horse, has 3 shoes and is quite friendly, but it doesnt look as if anyone has been checking on him and a friend today contacted the police, RSPCA, and various charities and no one wants to know. My daughter is going to put a notice of abandonment up but in the mean time can we move him? Obviously we dont want to leave him in there, we are taking hay up to him and watering him but the ragwort is an issue.

Any advice would be gratefully received.
 
if it was me i would move him.

the rspca have no interest yet and you are only doing the best for the horse.

Leave a message on the gates of both field he was in to say you have moved him to a safe location could the owner please contact you on this number.

If no respone in a week or so, even a month then you can asume he is abandoned and no one can dispute that you can take him on, either to keep or sell on.

My be call citizens advice to be sure you do things the right way.
 
Well, the farmer moved him and that didn't seem to cause a problem so I don't see why you shouldn't move him to a place of safety. If you put a phone number on the N of A, then anyone looking for him (which I doubt!) will be able to contact you.

Have you tried contacting World Horse Welfare? They are usually very helpful
(MUCH better than RSPCA).

Re. the ragwort - if you are feeding him hay it is unlikely he will eat the ragwort at the moment, but it may become more palatable once it dies back.

Well done you for doing something to help this boy.
 
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