Birmingham Council charging owners of impoundedtethered horses £2000 for their return

what happens to the horses if owners havent got the money to get them back ,,,council cant sell them if they dont have the passports ,,do they slaughter them for zoo meat
 
Horsesforever1 said:
They are probably sold at public auction I expect. I think its good news and a good idea. Lets hope other councils follow their example.
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if they did go to public auction they wouldnt make 200 pounds,,so would be cheaper for owners to buy back at auction but if the is no passport they cant sell at auction legally
 
I dont think anyone has so much of an issue with a genuine gypsy moving up and down the country with a horse tethering them on a nice bit of fresh ground overnight and then moving them on the next day and tethering them somewhere new then.

What we are talking about is an epidemic of permanent tethering of horses on other peoples land or public ground/parks where in many cases the horses are not being looked after in a way that complies with the welfare code for horses or where the ground can no longer be used by the owner/public because of the use of the ground for tethering horses.

For example, large areas of public amenity land used for horseriding where riders are frightened to ride due to large numbers of roaming entire stallions.
Tethered horses put down due to ragwort or acorn poisoning as thats all theyve been left with the reach to eat for months
Public parks where the ground has been destroyed by tethered horses
Children unable to play in play areas for fear of getting kicked.

The issues is NOT the tradition of tethering when on the move, it is the fly grazing of hundreds and thousands of poorly looked after horses illegally dumped and tethered on land that they have no right to be on.

I have nothing but support for the initiative, since no other disincentives have worked. Until permanent (as opposed to single night in a location) tethering is outlawed, horse welfare will continue to suffer and this initiative may help to limit the growth of the issue.
 
lachlanandmarcus said:
I dont think anyone has so much of an issue with a genuine gypsy moving up and down the country with a horse tethering them on a nice bit of fresh ground overnight and then moving them on the next day and tethering them somewhere new then.

What we are talking about is an epidemic of permanent tethering of horses on other peoples land or public ground/parks where in many cases the horses are not being looked after in a way that complies with the welfare code for horses or where the ground can no longer be used by the owner/public because of the use of the ground for tethering horses.

For example, large areas of public amenity land used for horseriding where riders are frightened to ride due to large numbers of roaming entire stallions.
Tethered horses put down due to ragwort or acorn poisoning as thats all theyve been left with the reach to eat for months
Public parks where the ground has been destroyed by tethered horses
Children unable to play in play areas for fear of getting kicked.

The issues is NOT the tradition of tethering when on the move, it is the fly grazing of hundreds and thousands of poorly looked after horses illegally dumped and tethered on land that they have no right to be on.

I have nothing but support for the initiative, since no other disincentives have worked. Until permanent (as opposed to single night in a location) tethering is outlawed, horse welfare will continue to suffer and this initiative may help to limit the growth of the issue.
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I agree with this, there are hundreds of tethered horses in walsall, some looked after, alot more are not.Some have been on the same land for years, the children have to play on the roads because the horses are tethered on every bit of land. The problems come when the horses get loose and someone gets hurt or the poor horse gets hit by a car.
 
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