Advice please - welfare case

[rescuearacehorse]

Surprised at people rating this horse a 2, the photo is a smidge blurry but you can see the hollowness over the rump, over the back and on the neck. Definitely closer to a 1 imo.

The photo is not good. The sharpness of the bones is shocking in real life. The coat and blurryness is misleading. Also, the belly looks round and wormy to me, the field is full of muck so worm burden is probably present. I am not expert on body condition scoring so may be wrong on that.

 

[Amy May In A Manger]

The photo is not good. The sharpness of the bones is shocking in real life. The coat and blurryness is misleading. Also, the belly looks round and wormy to me, the field is full of muck so worm burden is probably present. I am not expert on body condition scoring so may be wrong on that.

Hopefully you've had some luck with whichever organisation you've chosen to report it to.

 

[Goldenstar]

I'm a BHS welfare advisor, and have often found myself in situations where owners say they have already had the RSPCA and WHW out, or phone me later to say the others have turned up, so I don't think multiple reporting is necessarily a problem.

I was a BHS welfare officer for a decade when I was out and about multiple reporting was common and we all talked to each other which did avoid a lot of duplication and helped us to provide pressure in some cases .
Those horses in that small field need forage at the very least .
Sadly TB’s turned out often lame and too thin are not that an uncommon problem .

The bar for prosecution is high, the costs of a horse case are eye watering and it’s a last resort every £ the RSPCA spend is one that can’t be spent elsewhere.
Most cases are dealt with a mixture of advice with possibility of more serious action to get leverage to get change .
Sadly you can’t do get what you would like for the individual horse in every case, it’s tough thing to have to do .
I am a sucker for TB’s and those horse would haunt my sleep if I had seen them and could not improve their situation.

 

[Kaylum]

I was a BHS welfare officer for a decade when I was out and about multiple reporting was common and we all talked to each other which did avoid a lot of duplication and helped us to provide pressure in some cases .
Those horses in that small field need forage at the very least .
Sadly TB’s turned out often lame and too thin are not that an uncommon problem .

The bar for prosecution is high, the costs of a horse case are eye watering and it’s a last resort every £ the RSPCA spend is one that can’t be spent elsewhere.
Most cases are dealt with a mixture of advice with possibility of more serious action to get leverage to get change .
Sadly you can’t do get what you would like for the individual horse in every case, it’s tough thing to have to do .
I am a sucker for TB’s and those horse would haunt my sleep if I had seen them and could not improve their situation.

Also not reporting is a problem. There was one he was stood tethered in the same spot for 3 years. Nobody had reported him and he was being community fed. Always report.

 

[Goldenstar]

I don’t where the horses OP is worried about are but I hope they are ok in this terrible weather .