Tethered youngsters-is there anything I should do?

[nicolenlolly]

On the way to see my poppets today, I noticed that the local traveller site has tethered a couple of their horses at the side of the road (I say travellers but they are static!)

The road in question is a country road but it has NSL and most cars travel at very high speeds indeed. The road also crosses the m25 and where they are tethered is everso near. They have been there all day with no water and they look very bum high so only young poor things!

Is there anything that can be done to stop this, don't want to get involved in that I don't want to give my name etc mainly cos they have already pinched my boys once and put them in their padlocked field!! but an anonymous call to RSPCA or WHW-do they even care?

Felt so sorry for them, the verges are full of ragwort too!

 

[Queenbee]

We have a couple of travellers (proper old wagons) who pass through a couple of times a yr, they normally have 3 cobs and tether them on the verge, these cobs seem happy, relaxed and well cared for... The cars fly past them and they couldn't care less, they are used to it. Unless you are seeing something that really stacks up to neglect or abuse, I wouldn't bother doing anything

 

[FionaM12]

There's often a youngster (probably a yearling) tethered on the grass verge between a busy road and a housing estate near where I work. I always feel anxious because it's so near the road, all on its own poor thing.

It's rather thin and although it seems to start with a bucket of water, that's on its side by the time I see it.

However, like the ones QB describes, it seems totally unfazed and doesn't even look unhappy. The life they're used to I suppose. I sometimes imagine the preformance we'd have if I tried to tether Moll like that and leave her.