PennyJ
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What, to your mind, constitutes neglect of a horse, and if it was happening where you are, what would you do to get something done about it?
Neglect
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jhoward
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happened on the yard im on, horse not being cared for and VERY underweight. me and two others bought the horse.
lol ok so not always pratical, if its that bad then report it. nobody needs know it was you, but regardless of the situation no animal deserves to be neglected and they carnt do anything about it for themselfs so its up to us to provide a duty of care, be it our animal or not.
lol ok so not always pratical, if its that bad then report it. nobody needs know it was you, but regardless of the situation no animal deserves to be neglected and they carnt do anything about it for themselfs so its up to us to provide a duty of care, be it our animal or not.
PennyJ
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And who would you say were the best ones to report it to?
itsme123
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Ilph / bhs.
Hoof Hearted
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Lack of care in whatever form.
A girl on my previous DIY livery yard would leave her horse in for days and not bother to come up to feed and water him! A few of us offered to help her but she didn't want our help, so naturally we made sure he had water and hay. The RSPCA weren't interested because he was being fed. Thereafter the YO turned him out if his owner wasn't at the yard by 10am. She eventually left the yard and I heard she sold him........ I can only hope he is in a better home!
I feel no guilt or remorse about reporting animal abusers to the authorities.
A girl on my previous DIY livery yard would leave her horse in for days and not bother to come up to feed and water him! A few of us offered to help her but she didn't want our help, so naturally we made sure he had water and hay. The RSPCA weren't interested because he was being fed. Thereafter the YO turned him out if his owner wasn't at the yard by 10am. She eventually left the yard and I heard she sold him........ I can only hope he is in a better home!
I feel no guilt or remorse about reporting animal abusers to the authorities.
jhoward
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to be honest ive never had a problem with the rscpa. and on a couple of occassions where i have involved them, they have been fab.
PennyJ
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Thank you 
Sleepeeze_dad
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Guilt? I'd be straight on to the phone to the ILPH. Strangely said phones usually have cameras in them and I would take as many pics as i could, document it and then tell them who it was that was ACTUALLY feeding the beastie.
Frankly burning in hell is not good enough for them. Grrrr. And if you think horse neglect can get really bad, just mosey on over to dogpages.co.uk and you'll find some real horror stories that'll keep you awake at night. And unfortunately in my experience those kind of "owners" are the most aggressive to the point of violence when confronted with it.
It's not so much the people who occasionally don't feed or leave rugs on in warm weather - that's just a bit air heady or misguided. It's the persistent offenders who treat them like a push bike they'd just lock up in a shed whilst they weren't using it.
As above don't muck about - ILPH would be first port of call followed by BHS. Both of which will push the point if the RSPCA are inclined to do nothing (more often than you think) when they are called in.
Sorry. Rant over.