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Just seen this on FB, I am shocked, whats worse is people are actually donating. I need a new feed bowl, Ruby's jabs and teeth are due, do you think they would donate to me? :rolleyes::mad::mad:

I rescued a cob at the weekend whose owners had been prosecuted by the RSPCA.
She is a big lump of a cob and none of my girls wardrobe fits her!
I was just wondering if any of you lovely people had and full size/6'/6'3 anything that you fancy donating to this lovely mare please! XX She's very sweet and trusting for what she's been through. Can barely afford to feed my kids let alone another pony but couldn't not take her!

https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/111209405560914/
 
Makes my blood boil when I see ads/posts like that, its either a pure lie or someones moral compass is way off if their priority is taking on another horse in favor of clothing/feeding their kids, my word if indeed this is a rescue and the new keeper cant afford a rug or feed it needs re-rescuing ASAP along with any others!
 
LaurenBay said:
Just seen this on FB, I am shocked, whats worse is people are actually donating. I need a new feed bowl, Ruby's jabs and teeth are due, do you think they would donate to me? :rolleyes::mad::mad:

I rescued a cob at the weekend whose owners had been prosecuted by the RSPCA.
She is a big lump of a cob and none of my girls wardrobe fits her!
I was just wondering if any of you lovely people had and full size/6'/6'3 anything that you fancy donating to this lovely mare please! XX She's very sweet and trusting for what she's been through. Can barely afford to feed my kids let alone another pony but couldn't not take her!

https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/111209405560914/
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OP - well done you. I have some stable rugs one light weight and one heavier, hardly used, that would do the job for you ? If you PM me your address I will send them on.
 
And the sad truth is they are 'patted on the back' for their kindness, yet do their horses get regular worming, farriery and dental visits etc ? I doubt it very much and I can hear them saying 'but noone would look after my horse the way I do' - thank God we don't!
 
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How long untill it's in lasagne, rotting in a mud bath or she's been prosecuted by the RSPCA!

Surely if the previous owner had been prosecuted the cob would belong to the charity?
 
flump said:
How long untill it's in lasagne, rotting in a mud bath or she's been prosecuted by the RSPCA!

Surely if the previous owner had been prosecuted the cob would belong to the charity?
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Thats what I thought, she said that there were other Horses and that they were with the charity, the Horse in question actually looks in great condition to me, so not sure if she is telling porkies or not.
 
So what would you lovely people do about a horse in trouble? The rescues are full. RSPCA seem to prosecute the owner and ignore the animal - there were some cattle on a farm in Wales that the farmer was prosecuted and in prison, it was left to locals to ensure the cattle had water in the hot summer. I had to put more pressure on RSPCA for them as they were struggling, but most of the rescue charities are sinking fast.
We might stand a chance of helping all those equines who have no-one to fight their battles for them if we all pooled resources and pulled together instead of criticising those who do try to help. I have my own place so can accommodate rescues (I have 2 at the moment) but they are a drain on my pocket, with medication, dental work, foot work etc. I know not everyone is so fortunate but we can all help by donating unwanted items etc. And giving cash if that is all we can manage, to the registered charities if that's what you prefer. It's little enough to ask.
Now I will don my tin hat and run for cover..................but I have no regrets about saying my piece.
 
I'm afraid I'm someone who would probably give to something like this although like others have said it may be a tall story. I'm probably a mug and am a sucker for a hard luck story where animals are concerned.

I do also give to "proper" charities as well. I drew the line at that person who was after money to pay her 30 year with strangles plus other things olds bills while she looked for another horse. I may would contributed for a pts tho.
 
JillA said:
So what would you lovely people do about a horse in trouble?
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PTS.

Okay, if it's a horse with the potential to be useful, that can be rehabbed without too much work, rehab. If it's never going to be more than a pasture ornament, give it a week or two of cushy living, then PTS.
 
Can i just chip in to say, i do know the lady in question and it certainly is a genuine rescue. She's definitely not stringing people along. Her two other ponies are very well looked after so nothing to worry about there. I'm on the fence about taking on another if you can't afford, i wouldn't do it myself!
 
I get that shes TRIED to do something nice etc.. but she's putting the pony and her others at risk of being more welfare cases!
If you can't afford - don't get it.
 
SaffronWelshCob said:
Can i just chip in to say, i do know the lady in question and it certainly is a genuine rescue. She's definitely not stringing people along. Her two other ponies are very well looked after so nothing to worry about there. I'm on the fence about taking on another if you can't afford, i wouldn't do it myself!
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So her ponies are very well looked after but she "can barely afford" to feed her kids.

Which suggests either she's very much overstating her poverty and requirement for others to pay for her new horse for her or her priorities are bit off kilter.
 
jemima*askin said:
So her ponies are very well looked after but she "can barely afford" to feed her kids.

Which suggests either she's very much overstating her poverty and requirement for others to pay for her new horse for her or her priorities are bit off kilter.
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And either way I wouldn't be giving her my rugs/money!
 
Pippity said:
PTS.
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And foot the bill for that? That is half the problem, to PTS costs money. If it didn't, we wouldn't be in the state we are in - people could put struggling horses down at will. I do believe there is a fate worse than death for a lot of these horses, and that is to be abandoned with no-one to ensure they have enough to eat and water to drink, and to get passed from pillar to post. Taking a pragmatic view though, lots of owners MIGHT be able to bring themselves to do that if it didn't cost money they didn't have.
 
Jill, I have bought on the spur of the moment, knowing I didn't necessarily have the funds to keep it. Given its size (tiny pony yearling who matured at 11.1) I was confident I could afford basics. But, at the time of purchase, I had no idea if it had any severe health problems. Things like surface wounds, rainscald, lice, thrush, mudfever, being half starved, I could financially cope with. But major worm damage, or if any of the surface wounds had been punctures requiring hospitalization or anything else costly, I knew I couldn't afford. So I bought purely on the basis if I couldn't afford to get her right, then at least she'd have one happy night with her basic needs met, & a peaceful end the next day, rather than being left to die slowly. Much as it would have torn me up, I wouldn't have let my child or other animals suffer to have treated her. As it happened, healthwise it was just the obvious stuff I'd seen on getting her home. And she's now an amazing pony for my daughter, who will always be our pet long after she's outgrown. But, all that was unknown when I bought, at the time I got her knowing one nights tlc & putting out of her misery might have been all I could financially offer.
 
JillA said:
And foot the bill for that? That is half the problem, to PTS costs money. If it didn't, we wouldn't be in the state we are in - people could put struggling horses down at will. I do believe there is a fate worse than death for a lot of these horses, and that is to be abandoned with no-one to ensure they have enough to eat and water to drink, and to get passed from pillar to post. Taking a pragmatic view though, lots of owners MIGHT be able to bring themselves to do that if it didn't cost money they didn't have.
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Good point. A lot of charities need to be more willing to PTS, rather than keep hundreds of pasture ornaments. Trouble is, it's easier to raise money for all de ickle wickle ponies living happy wappy lives than 'help us kill horses!'.

That said - if you can barely feed your children, you should *not* be taking on another horse!
 
Oh ******! It was really me now gimmie gimmie (if you could chuck in a feed bucket too that would be lovely :D)

I'm glad it isn't porkies, BUT she still shouldn't have taken on something she couldn't afford, especially since she can "barely afford to feed her children"
 
SaffronWelshCob said:
Can't comment on that jemima, maybe you (or OP) could reply to her post on FB where she defend herself.
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Problem is, with that page you dare to speak up and you get banned! I would be happy to PM her or if she came on here and voice my concerns. Her heart is in the right place, but she cannot keep a Horse on donated items/money when she can just about afford to feed her family and care for the Horse she has already.
 
I agree with JillA. Good one the lady for doing her best for the cob. Funny old world where giving a horse a chance is criticised. I've know a few people take on neglected horses in situations similar to this lady and fortunately friends and acquaintances didn't stand around bitching but rallied round to help with offers of kit and practical help.

HHO seems to think the solution to all unwanted horses is automatically PTS. If you think horses are disposable perhaps you should take up a hobby that doesn't involve living, breathing, sentient beings.

Thankfully the woman who rescued my cob when it was incredibly inconvenient and slightly foolish to do so, didn't have that attitude. 11 years on from the brink of death, he has had a very happy, healthy and useful life.
 
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