ROG
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any mention of where these abandoned horses likely came from? or were all horse owners being lumped together again?
No ID so no way of finding out but they do have to hide some of them in secret places as if/when they are all well and healthy the owners try to steal them back if not hidden away
In some cases I think they stand a better chance of finding the owner of the sofa and dumped rubbish that they leave on top of some of them then the horse itself
Same old story: Law-abiding citizens have microchipped and passported horses so could possibly be traced (if there were a national database which there isn't).
Other sections of society don't have to obey any rules, see horses as a material asset that has lost its value and don't give a stuff about suffering.
The Government/Defra won't act (and probably couldn't afford to), the charities get landed with the poor little souls that can be saved and generally horses have less protection and care than beef cattle.
The sad fact is that while many horses are, to all intents and purposes, worthless, it is not in their owners' interests to do anything for their benefit, wrong though that is in our view. And the problem will continue as paying for gelding is also not on their agenda so mixed herds continue to produce year after year.
I wonder if gelding was free would they avail of it?
any mention of where these abandoned horses likely came from? or were all horse owners being lumped together again?
it was a somewhat rhetorical question, I expect I know what society the majority of these horses come from I am sick of the RSPCA bleating on about this, lumping us all in together. besides, they (RSPCA) aren't usually slow in shooting horses even when they have homes for them to go to.
Unfortunately I think we are being sensored in what we can say
Eg: Went to a RSPCA rehoming centre and there were masses of coloured cobs, I innocently asked if some of them were from a certain society and I kid you not the woman reacted like I had called her fat, ugly and an inbred - she almost attacked me for a very simple question without any malice attached to it
the problem though, is until it can be said 'out loud' the problem cannot be begun to be addressed as it appears to be cultural. lumping it in with all horse owners is denying what is happening in the majority of cases.