Heartbreaking

[DD]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...a.105143097229.94109.697327229&type=3&theater

am confused now this poor foal appears to have been Chancer, maybe the other is still alive?

 

[hihosilver]

I think there is some confusion if this is chancer and is an old photo. It must be able to be clarified?

 

[HBB]

I think there is some confusion if this is chancer and is an old photo. It must be able to be clarified?

Chancer is coloured and the foal/yearling in the OP is bay. They are not the same.

 

[Tiddlypom]

Bransby have put up a good post on Facebook about this. They, along with other rescue charities, have received many calls and messages about this poor youngster.

https://www.facebook.com/BransbyHomeofRestforHorsesOfficial/posts/1090654024311038

The trouble with flooding the charities with mass communications over a sad case such as this, is that it takes them valuable time to respond, which in turn may mean that other equally vulnerable animals elsewhere get overlooked.

I found the pictures as abhorrent as anyone, and would love to have waded right in and scooped him up and taken him to safety, but it's just not how the system works.

Also, the more of us who can adopt or foster a horse or pony from the established charities, the more space they have to take in fresh cruelty cases.

 

[HBB]

Hopefully this works https://www.facebook.com/dawn.kernicknoble/posts/1118191681545330?pnref=story

This link doesn't work any more.... Deleted?

 

[Dougal9]

Anyone any updates - has the foal/dogs been moved yet ???

 

[FlyingCircus]

This link doesn't work any more.... Deleted?

Still works for me?


No update i've seen. ETA: Actually, it appears the foal has been sold.

 

[Dougal9]

Lets just hope its been sold to a better home - though I doubt that would be difficult to achieve ....

 

[hihosilver]

fingers crossed he has found a good home-poor baby.

 

[Merrymoles]

Only just seen this http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/rspca-foal-in-a-bit-horses-seized-esholt-travellers-site-530987 - let's hope they also sort out the rest of the animals on that site.

 

[Nightingale]

So the RSPCA has been monitoring the site for some time says the spokesperson. They had, in fact, visited on 21 March to check on the welfare of the animals there. On 22 March the image of the foal began circulating on social media and the outcry began. On the same day, the RSPCA announced that in their most recent visit (24 hrs previously) they hadn't seen an animal fitting the description of the foal.
Then on 24 March they visited again and this time seized a number of animals on veterinary advice, including the foal in the photograph. Go figure.