RSPCA rescues mares and foals in Devon

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I understand that the RSPCA have been into a farm/stables and rescued mares and foals in a very poor state of health. Somewhere in North Devon today.
 
I saw this on the spotlight news last night. There was a grey horse that didn't look particuarly bad and she appeared to have some hay and a shed. Why were the horses removed? Were they ill treated/unfed? The dogs shown on the news which were running around here also didn't appear too bad. Is she cruel to aminals or simply a compulsive collector? anyone know?
 
She,s a collector, I went to look at some horses there many years ago, they were well looked after. She loves rescuing dogs but this gets out of control, and they run a bit wild. Maybe she can,t afford to look after the horses as well as she should. Don,t think she would deliberately neglect anything.
 
riverdance said:
She,s a collector, I went to look at some horses there many years ago, they were well looked after. She loves rescuing dogs but this gets out of control, and they run a bit wild. Maybe she can,t afford to look after the horses as well as she should. Don,t think she would deliberately neglect anything.
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thanks riverdance. I can see that the dogs would get out of control and annoy the neighbours but not the horses. If she was trying her best and looking after then I don't see why they took all the horses. There seem to be lots of horses which are in far worse condition than hers looked to be that really do need rescuing..
 
from what I understand it is a kind hearted person who perhaps naively takes on a bit to much... neighbours have been rubbed up the wrong way by the dogs previously and I believe that some pompus twit was heard on the radio saying she 'lowers the tone of the neighbourhood'. Perhaps not a 'collecter' moreover as I understand someone who gets a little out of her depth due to a pretty huge heart and an inability to say no... who has unsympathetic neighbours.
 
mik said:
Are we dealing with actual neglect here, or is she a nuisance to the neighbour or what, says she has 16 acres??
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I don't doubt that this lady is kind to her dogs but here's a link to the story from last year
http://www.thisisdevon.co.uk/ASBO-woman-kept-100-dogs/story-11481457-detail/story.html
She had over 100 dogs then and it appears they were escaping and worrying sheep etc. so not just lots of barking annoying the neighbours. I don't think it is possible for one person to care for over 100 dogs adequately, so I can see why the numbers were reduced. Apparently, when the authorities returned to her property this week she had about 50 dogs there, when the terms of her ASBO said that she could only have 14.
I did read somewhere that quite a few of the dogs confiscated the first time, had behavioural problems but I can't remember where that was, possibly in the Western Morning News.
 
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