Darkhorsestud RSPCA gelding in error

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There was a post on here waaay back in 2007, OP was Darkhorse.

It was about her Caspian stallion who the RSPCA had gelded in error resulting in his value plummeting etc. She intended to take them to court for it.

Does anyone know what happened? Was she successful ?
 
Yes. The stallion was worth some £5k odd and was last of that particular line, the RSPCA were called to collect a dumped Shetland or something and they collected her stallion by mistake and gelded him.
 
Interesting case in view of the less successful Peel prosecution, this was dealt with by the local authority, after the RSPCA had made errors in a previous attempt, the result was a prison sentence and a 10 year ban.

The horses were rescued and rehomed with help from the Caspian society, how different things could have been for the Arabs if they had been in Barnsley, the conditions they were in seem comparable, the end result totally different.
 
My understanding is that the Dark horse stud has had a number of Caspian's taken in by rescues, over tge years and is in a dreadful state. However, the Caspian lines are very limited and gelding rather than re-homing the stallion was a ridiculous act. There is a thriving worldwide Caspian society, with a number of reputable breeders in the UK, I have no idea why the animal was castrated rather than asking the Caspian Society for help.
 
Yes a lot didn't get sold and apparently they went to wales to be sold, however it's understood she's in that area too now,She's totally disappeared. I just hope wherever she is the right people are keeping an eye on her. She also breed a lot of dogs but the courts never looked into that.
 
Tbh if the other horses didn't get bought at sale gelding a stallion of child pony size that was, presumably, in lousy condition, may have given it a better chance.

Whilst I don't like rescues neutering all small male fluffies (because, let's face it, it does little to control populations and so is often a waste of money/health risk) having a blanket policy of gelding stallions is much more likely to be in the best interests of most equines that come into their care.
 
ThursdayNext said:
Tbh if the other horses didn't get bought at sale gelding a stallion of child pony size that was, presumably, in lousy condition, may have given it a better chance.

Whilst I don't like rescues neutering all small male fluffies (because, let's face it, it does little to control populations and so is often a waste of money/health risk) having a blanket policy of gelding stallions is much more likely to be in the best interests of most equines that come into their care.
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Unlikely in this case, as there were people who would have gladly carried on with his blood lines, the gene pool is really quite small
 
How many of us horsey folk would identify a small pony as a Caspian? The RSPCA probably thought it was just another uncut problem and dealt with it according to guidelines.
 
^^^This too.


YorksG said:
Unlikely in this case, as there were people who would have gladly carried on with his blood lines, the gene pool is really quite small
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I know that is what the owner was claiming on here but people actually wanting, and being able to offer a home to a stallion may not have been coming forward that immediately.

The owner also said there were close relatives of his they wanted to breed him with so it sounds as though his genes are already represented in breeding animals.

The political situation in Iran over the years had made a much bigger difference than the RSPCA. And in any event this 'breed' is a rather Western idea being applied to a few little ponies someone liked on their travels. Where there are still any other ponies of not known imported stock in that area they've just as much claim to be Caspian anyway haven't they?
 
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The time frame between the gelding incident and the court case/ selling of the stud is 6 years, gelding in 2007, court in 2013 so the two have no real connection, other than she may claim that him being gelded lost her so much money she couldn't afford to pay her bills or whatever excuse she used for having around 70 ponies and not meeting the basic needs of many of them.

Most of them made very little at the sales, £20 up to a couple of hundred, on the AL forum they were described as being in very good condition but as the market was flooded there were not enough buyers wanting them, they may be a rare breed but that does not always make something more desirable or valuable, on the open market their true value will be found.
 
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