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Hi guys,
I've been watching the footage of the floods on the TV.
There is a lot about people's homes being damaged, but I've seen nothing about livestock / horses etc. What are people in those areas doing about moving their animals? I know if it was my mare's livery yard that was under threat, I'd be beside myself.
 
my uncle drove from wales to london, which usually takes 4/5 hours, but took 12 because of the floods.
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Apparently they moved 7miles in 4hours!!!
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so sad about the losses.
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Its meant to be July!!!
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i saw some footage on the BBC of cows wandering around in floods up to their middles no where to go.

I guess all the rescue efforts are going to saving people trapped in the floods.

Poor animals!

My heart goes out to those in the real worst hit places
 
Yeah and what are the animals drinking since peoples water has been cut off?? Wouldnt want my horses drinking from water which has been mixed with sewage.

Huge shame for the animals, I would hope a great deal of effort is put in by the owners to keep them safe. I dont understand how things are drowning though..... if you see water coming up your road - would you not immediately move everything up stairs or at least higher up? Why were these pets in the pet shop allowed to drown?
 
People don't always have warning about flooding - if you have never flooded before there is no reason to suspect you will. Also a lot of this happened overnight and in the early hours of the morning - people may not have had time to get to the pet shops etc to save things. I will also say don't underestimate the speed at which water can rise. When we flooded it went from a small puddle at the bottom of the drive to a couple of inches deep inside the house in less than 10 minutes. It really can be terrifying.
 
Hi down here in Oxfordshire I have spotted several RSPCA cars today checking the local yards. I have given my contact details both to a local yard that may need to evacuate later today and to the RSPCA in case they need help to move the horses. The RSPCA is looking for a field for them to move the 20+ horses to, and try to help them locate some hay. I think some yards are caught out when the fields are flooded by not having hay on site since it is summer, and the roads being blocked making it hard to drive it in.

My horses are fine since I am lucky enough to have well drained paddocks on a hill. I know of a couple of more people whose fields may be flooded later on and have offered to help move their horses into one of our paddocks if needed.

Anyway I was really worried earlier today and thought it was reassuring that the RSPCA was on the case.
 
yeap our stables were flooded out, took me two hours to get to them - then it was by tractor only. They are normally turned out at night and in during the day so as the water rose they were in their stables, all turned out now on a well draining field, and I think we got off lightly!
 
all we can hope is that the worst of the rain is now over and that the levels will subside once the upper reaches water gets out to the sea over the next few days

now if any official mentions a hosepipe ban .......
 
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I dont understand how things are drowning though..... if you see water coming up your road - would you not immediately move everything up stairs or at least higher up? Why were these pets in the pet shop allowed to drown?

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Our stables flooded overnight - two feet of water came up in twenty minutes - my poor mare wasn't impressed, bless her, but she is ok. Can't say the same for her bed of shavings though! It's bad enough having your stables flood, but your house, or your business - it must be devastating for these poor people.
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The trouble is most the floods happened in the early hours of the morning. My friends house flooded up to the waist in less than 10 mins at 3.15 in the morning. She managed to get the dogs, cat, chickens to safety but sadly one of her guinea pigs drowned. The others managed to get to the top tier of their hutch and were on slightly higher ground.

I am sure noone has deliberately let their animals drown but in the fear and confusion some do sadly die.

The poor farmers must be desperate to do something for their animals but where do they put them? On the BBC news there were sheep on a tiny strip of land surrounded by water and cows up to their shoulders in water.

Its all so tragic and what they are not saying is that when the water has finally gone the damage will take at least a year to put right.
 
The RSPCA put 2 ponies in with our cattle, as the field they were in was completely flooded. I don't think they were in danger of being swept away, but they were standing in water up to their bellies.
I think the neighbours must have phoned the RSPCA. Usually the gypsies look after their ponies, but perhaps they couldn't reach them through the floods.

They are still in the field, they will be getting laminitis next as it is 30 acres.
 
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