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We're 5 mins in and they've just let a horse escape on to the road. It's now careering down the road and into people's gardens.
It's got a head collar embedded in its face and they're trying to catch it by hauling on the head collar.

*facepalm*
 
Patterdale said:
We're 5 mins in and they've just let a horse escape on to the road. It's now careering down the road and into people's gardens.
It's got a head collar embedded in its face and they're trying to catch it by hauling on the head collar.

*facepalm*
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I'm working from home (honest) but got it on in the background.
I mean seriously - do these RSPCA officers have half a brain between them?!
They actually opened the gate from the field straight onto the road - and expected a scared, in pain abandoned animal to quietly follow it's friend out and be caught?!!!
 
Even my son said why let it onto the road if they couldn't catch it.:confused: We did have a chuckle though when the guy holding it got wiped out by the lamp post. :D
 
I saw that. They couldn't have been more incompetent if they'd tried. Letting it onto the road for goodness sake, gormless lot. And how do they expect it to come quietly with all that shouting and flapping of arms.
 
They are the same the world over! Got a message left on my horses gate because her feet are a little long and chipped and she is lame! She has an abscess which is being poulticed.

My farrier let me down twice and trying to get a new farrier requires the knowledge and tenacity of a sleuth as they tend not to advertise. I finally track down a new one who manages to come out and trim three of her feet. Because she has a bad abscess as she would not weight bear on the sore foot we had to leave its partner untrimmed. Abscessed foot is poulticed!

I got another message left on my horses gate from them regarding the foot that is not trimmed! Doh!! did they not notice the bandage on its other front foot? Did they not put two and two together and come up with 'Maybe it doesn't want to pick the opposite foot up at the moment while its other one is sore'

Phone them up and first question is "Has it hurt it's leg?" I felt like answering "No I just like bandaging its feet up"

What I find so dumb is that they have my *name & phone number they could have phoned me at minimal expense, asked what was going on and saved the local SPCA a fortune.

*SPCA called in the vet at the weekend because a member of public reported that a horse was bleeding - the SPCA called in a vet that had to do a 100km round trip to treat a tiny nick that had bled! Friend arrived at her paddock to find vet and SPCA there - she then got a massive vets bill for a wound she could have dealt with herself. Following this incident I contacted SPCA and advised them on no uncertain terms that I would not be responsible for the payment of vets bill should they call one out to my horse. My paddock is on the main route to the local school and they have been called in because my horse is lying down, very asleep and snoring - public reported that it couldn't breathe!

SPCA need to employ people with knowledge not just any 'do gooder bunny hugger'

I can't watch the programme in NZ - mean BBC!
 
I'm sure they'd be happy to use well ment donations to defend a public liability claim if the horse ran into a car and injured/ killed someone after they let it loose onto the road - madness.

Their arrogance is the most irritating - if you can't handle a situation - get someone who can !! Don't plough on regardless of everyone (and the animals) safety!!
 
Patterdale said:
I just can't believe they actually broadcast stuff like this. Don't they realise how incompetent they look?
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Because they think Joe Public is as ignorant about horses as they are, and will just go "awww...poor pony, let's donate to help them help the ponies"
 
A couple of days ago they managed to let two dogs out of a house and before that they let a pig out of a back garden. Today's fiasco was just unbelievable!
 
My family couldn't understand why I said, I'd rather shoot my horses than let the RSPCA any where near. Now they have seen this they feel the same.
 
Tnavas said:
They are the same the world over! Got a message left on my horses gate because her feet are a little long and chipped and she is lame! She has an abscess which is being poulticed.

My farrier let me down twice and trying to get a new farrier requires the knowledge and tenacity of a sleuth as they tend not to advertise. I finally track down a new one who manages to come out and trim three of her feet. Because she has a bad abscess as she would not weight bear on the sore foot we had to leave its partner untrimmed. Abscessed foot is poulticed!

I got another message left on my horses gate from them regarding the foot that is not trimmed! Doh!! did they not notice the bandage on its other front foot? Did they not put two and two together and come up with 'Maybe it doesn't want to pick the opposite foot up at the moment while its other one is sore'

Phone them up and first question is "Has it hurt it's leg?" I felt like answering "No I just like bandaging its feet up"

What I find so dumb is that they have my *name & phone number they could have phoned me at minimal expense, asked what was going on and saved the local SPCA a fortune.

*SPCA called in the vet at the weekend because a member of public reported that a horse was bleeding - the SPCA called in a vet that had to do a 100km round trip to treat a tiny nick that had bled! Friend arrived at her paddock to find vet and SPCA there - she then got a massive vets bill for a wound she could have dealt with herself. Following this incident I contacted SPCA and advised them on no uncertain terms that I would not be responsible for the payment of vets bill should they call one out to my horse. My paddock is on the main route to the local school and they have been called in because my horse is lying down, very asleep and snoring - public reported that it couldn't breathe!

SPCA need to employ people with knowledge not just any 'do gooder bunny hugger'

I can't watch the programme in NZ - mean BBC!
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With so many horses abandoned (as they say an increase in the clip) the RSPCA would be better to hand over to a horse charity to come and collect etc/work together or contact agreeable local equine owners to help them catch and load. But as to the above as you say your farrier let you down twice so I think its good you got reported. At least they came to look. We have been reported a few times before over an elderly horse who would lie down a lot. It annoyed us that locals? didnt knock to ask or tell us.The RSPCA just knocked and informed us we were reported and could see it was an old horse etc But it didnt bother us and we took it that at least they came out rather than do nothing at all. We were pleased.
I do get annoyed that people knock them so much perhaps they can join and help them, show them how it should be done. Why not put the energy of complaining into being mad at the owner for allowing a head collar to dig into the horses head. But all you complainers join them to give them advice. Offer it perhaps?I do agree they could have done it a lot better and will contact them to ask where they get their equine training. Plus they deal with every kind of animal not just horses.
 
indie999 said:
Plus they deal with every kind of animal not just horses.
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^^^^^ I think that this is the crux of the matter and often why organisations like the BHS/WHW seem to deal with welfare issues much more sensibly.

I think that it should be the case that there are either officers dedicated to equine/large animal specialism, or call on the services of somewhere like the BHS where at least they know what they are doing and how to handle correctly. There is a world of difference between the care of a hamster/dog/cat and horses/farm animals. There have even been statements on the RSPCA website about horsecare that have raised eyebrows.

You do have to wonder at the lack of common sense of turning uncatchable ponies out onto the highway though, that's just plain lunacy!
 
I agree that handling scared and frightened horses would be beyond most non horsey people, I am not mad keen myself!! But why don't they call in a rescue place, or WHW, to get someone out to help and advise?
 
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