I wonder how how they got this pic?!

I thought that too. Funny seeing as it doesnt seem to be available from Getty Images itself any more
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they could have put an exclusivity charge on it at purchase

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Possibly, although for several hours the photos - this one and others - were available online through a simple search; they were then taken down later that night...
 
I didn't want to see that either but some people don't seem to mind posting pictures and videos that other people might find sad or disturbing.

OP please add a warning to the title for those us not interested in seeing an animal in pain.
 
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Did you really have to put that on here? I didn't realise what I was looking at, now I feel sick.

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Exactly what I was thinking i did not really want to see that pic or at least have a known what was in link to decide to look or not.
 
The torygraph had a reporter there, might have had a photographer too? Therefore no need to buy it from Getty when it was available, they could have just taken it themselves.
 
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I'm i not seeing something?
whats so shocking?

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Whats so shocking is to see a pic of the horse in pain its quite clearly holding its leg up. Also poor Mary even though she has her hands over her face its quite clear she is devestated. Not nice to see either.
 
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I'm i not seeing something?
whats so shocking?

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So you think the anguish on mary's face and the horses leg like it is, is OK do you. Also knowing what finally happened to the horse, i think is quite upsetting myself.
 
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Perhaps this person couldn't see the photo........

Not all of us can.

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If she asked this question because she could not see it then i apologise, it worked OK for me so didn't realise that it may not work for all, but if she could see it, then i stand by what i said.
 
That's been online since last monday evening (on the Telegraph website) so they would have had time to buy it off of Getty.

I haven't bought the Telegraph in weeks so wouldn't know whether it was actually published in their sport section
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That's been online since last monday evening (on the Telegraph website) so they would have had time to buy it off of Getty.

I haven't bought the Telegraph in weeks so wouldn't know whether it was actually published in their sport section
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I dont remember seeing the photo of it there. Cant remember if it was even mentioned
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Yes it is a sad picture but its a relection of what happened. Purely and simply it is life. This is what happens to horses. It doesn't mean it is right, it doesn't mean it should happen, and it doesn't mean we should not be sad but for goodness sake get a grip. Have none of you seen a broken leg on a horse in real life before?? Shocking stories and shocking pictures sell newspapers. It is what the vast majority of people want to read. You only have to look at the main index on this forum. If anyone has put a post about the death of an animal there are twice as many people who have read the post than a post about a joint supplement, or how to fit a rug. This is just human nature. I force myself to sometimes watch 'unpleasant things' on the TV, not because I get a kick out of it, but because by reading up about how horses are transported to slaughter or by looking at photos of battery hens in overcrowded sheds you learn more about the world we live in and are thus empowered to act if necessary. So don't be annoyed or angry that someone saw fit to put such a photo on the web site, they are only showing a true impression of life and ultimately death even if it is just to sell more copies.
 
I quite agree with applecart, good grief we see moving pictures of children starving etc. on the news each day. While this event is sad, the photo is hardly graphic.
 
I haven't been to look at it as I assume it was the one on Getty on Sunday, which I wish I had not seen. No, it isn't graphic, but some people hold those images and the pain behind them a long time in their minds.

I think the issue here initially was that people were not warned what the picture was about when following the link and saw, probably again, something they did not wish to see.
 
Thank you.

One more thing I would like to just state. When I walked down the field to my horse who was being held by the yard owner before the vet got there to despatch him (with a compound fracture of the tibia) he turned his head and actually whinnied at me. His ears were forward. The adrenalin had kicked in and he was not in anywhere near agony or even intense pain. He was alert but not distressed. Please would people remember that when a horse is fatally injured most of the time due to the way the body works the adrenalin that kicks through the body does not always mean that the animal suffers agonies. Try not to remember Cavvy's last moments. Remember him in all his glory. x
 
I think that is the point of people's dismay at this photo being posted though applecart. By seeing this photo they are reminded of his last moments and of Mary's pain without realising what they linking to. I am so sorry to hear about your boy.
 
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