show judge guilty of neglect

[pearlyqueen]

this is just deplorable.......

how can somebody like him have the balls to
go out and 'judge' somebodys horse/pony when he
has or had this poor mite at home.
http://www.ilph.org/news_details.asp?id=740
disgusting

 

[magicgirl]

I have read the man's reply on another site and it puts a different spin on things. He had only had the pony a couple of weeks and it was improving. I think this is a case of " every story has two sides"

 

[TGM]

I've just read that too. Apparently the judge had only recently bought the pony off some travellers and it was in appalling condition and he was trying to feed it up. He claims his only mistake was failing to call in a vet or dentist soon enough.

This is the link to the thread where the judge puts his side of the story:

http://horsegossip.proboards54.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1172687323

 

[SJFAN]

While I don't doubt that his intentions were good it is hard to understand why he had not get a vet to examine the animal within the first couple of days of buying it.

 

[the watcher]

If the animal was gaining weight under his care then you could argue that there was no immediate need to call a vet. I can see the maths..few sacks of feed against the cost of a callout..especially if he was an experieinced horse owner.

I can see he pleaded guilty as a principle because he had not called a vet, in his shoes I think I would have challenged the evidence. I have dealt with much worse cases and struggled to get a prosecution

 

[FMM]

If you look at this website, you will see some more information on the case from the horses mouth.

http://horsegossip.proboards54.com/index...7323&page=1

 

[JM07]

he was convicted due to his own admission that maybe he should have called a vet.

i personally don't see that he can be classed as "a cruel owner" though.

several times i've bought "charity cases" and they've not seen a vet til their first vacs..sometimes months later.

he was probably an easy case to bring, so the RSPCA could give their much sought after "public profile" a boost.

 

[SJFAN]

That just leads to the same page as the link given by TGM earlier in the thread. He gives no reason as to why the stable had not neen mucked out. And surely an experienced horse owner and judge would realise that the mare had overgrown teeth which needed urgent attention.

 

[FMM]

Sorry - I hadn't seen TGM's link until it was too late to remove it.
I am not saying I am on one side or the other - just felt that it was worth mentioning that the "guilty" man had been able to put his own story forwards.

I have never heard of this man, have nothing to do with M&M showing so it makes no difference to me. However, I do like to hear what everyone has to say.