diamonddogs
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Hi all
Hot off the presses of the BHS website:
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BHS helps internet horses
Two emaciated horses are now recovering and in a place of safety thanks to a joint effort by The British Horse Society, the RSPCA and members of the Horse and Hound Online Forum.
A post on the Horse and Hound Online Forum on Wednesday evening highlighted a serious concern over the welfare of two horses in Stamford, Lincolnshire, just a stones throw from where some of the worlds top equestrians are competing at Burghley Horse Trials this week.
In a matter of hours the forum was almost in meltdown from concerned horse lovers desperate for action. A BHS Welfare Representative was first to the scene and described one of the horses as among the thinnest she had seen in her entire career.
With help from several Horse and Hound Forum members, local police and the RSPCA, the BHS swung into action and removed the horses (since nicknamed Carrot and Spud) to a place of safety.
Lee Hackett, BHS Head of Welfare said: Whenever horses are allowed to suffer by those who are legally and morally responsible for their care and well-being we all feel sick to the stomach. This was graphically displayed by the outpouring of concern and outrage on the H&H Forum.
In the case of Carrot and Spud we are pleased that the BHS was able to get to them quickly and remove them to a place where they will get the care and attention they so desperately need and deserve.
http://www.justgiving.com/stamford-horses
For further information and pictures, please contact: David Prince, The British Horse Society, 01926 707713 or d.prince@bhs.org.uk<br />
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Hot off the presses of the BHS website:
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BHS helps internet horses
Two emaciated horses are now recovering and in a place of safety thanks to a joint effort by The British Horse Society, the RSPCA and members of the Horse and Hound Online Forum.
A post on the Horse and Hound Online Forum on Wednesday evening highlighted a serious concern over the welfare of two horses in Stamford, Lincolnshire, just a stones throw from where some of the worlds top equestrians are competing at Burghley Horse Trials this week.
In a matter of hours the forum was almost in meltdown from concerned horse lovers desperate for action. A BHS Welfare Representative was first to the scene and described one of the horses as among the thinnest she had seen in her entire career.
With help from several Horse and Hound Forum members, local police and the RSPCA, the BHS swung into action and removed the horses (since nicknamed Carrot and Spud) to a place of safety.
Lee Hackett, BHS Head of Welfare said: Whenever horses are allowed to suffer by those who are legally and morally responsible for their care and well-being we all feel sick to the stomach. This was graphically displayed by the outpouring of concern and outrage on the H&H Forum.
In the case of Carrot and Spud we are pleased that the BHS was able to get to them quickly and remove them to a place where they will get the care and attention they so desperately need and deserve.
http://www.justgiving.com/stamford-horses
For further information and pictures, please contact: David Prince, The British Horse Society, 01926 707713 or d.prince@bhs.org.uk<br />
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