URGENT PLEASE READ - Horse Neglect Stamford, Lincs.

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I hope they can help. I and my OH are good friends with them and they could not help me,, maybe it is becasue they knew I would do anything for my boy, but, it went to the final hour.

Soo good luck, I hope they can help
 
Location details now sent, thanks.

If you give hay and water, please leave a note for the welfare assos telling them, as if you don't, they will be powerless to act quickly if the animals are seen to have hay and water..........
 
Have phoned the numbers mentioned whw etc and left messages where I could I know other people have done the same so hopefully with enough people bugging them these poor horses will get the help they desperately need.
I agree that someone should try and get tonight to check on them but also feel the need to mention,and please dont take offence Andy,that you should take care try and go in pairs or something dont let the thought of the horses alter the fact that you may be arranging to meet a stranger in a field in the dark.
 
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Andy, see my post. Oakham vets have just told me they attended the horses last month with the RSPCA. And in their opinion the horses are 'okay' and 'looked after'.

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Charlie I assume this was the RSPCAs view not the vets view? I find it hard to believe that chestnut was ok a month ago.
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Andy, see my post. Oakham vets have just told me they attended the horses last month with the RSPCA. And in their opinion the horses are 'okay' and 'looked after'.

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Charlie I assume this was the RSPCAs view not the vets view? I find it hard to believe that chestnut was ok a month ago.
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The on call vet didnt say if it was his opinion, and I'd hate to guess, he just said he'd attended the horses last month and 'they were okay, the old one was eating and they're thin but they're standing and looked after so they're okay'.
 
So... Oakham vets and the RSPCA saw these horses last month? Surely they must have deteriorated rapidly in the past month, if nobody was concerned about them? Or the vet was blind.....

honestly, i am a music teacher, and i have seen xylophones with more meat on them !!
 
Shame on the RSPCA, Email these pictures to the National Newspapers, ( to say that they are still standing and that they are OK is disgusting)
 
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So... Oakham vets and the RSPCA saw these horses last month? Surely they must have deteriorated rapidly in the past month, if nobody was concerned about them? Or the vet was blind.....

honestly, i am a music teacher, and i have seen xylophones with more meat on them !!

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I just don't know what to make of it. I'm just stunned at the conversation i had with the vet. he did say if its been reported to the RSPCA again then he expects hell have to go out again in the next few days. I was hoping he'd know of someone who could get there tonight.
 
A lot can change in a month, grass has been rubbish this summer and I could imagine the chestnut going from looking like the palomino to how it does now in a month quite easily. The Palomino looks rubbish but would be boarderline RSPCA intervention, the chestnut however will be dead before long if nothing is done (and might well be even if something is done).

Charlie, it sounds like you are local - do you have any horsey contacts in the area at all? Just to take a couple of rugs down and a bit of hay etc. I'm sure a local livery/RS would help.
 
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Has someone called the RSPCA 24-hour-a-day cruelty line on 0300 1234 999?

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I don't think anyone really need waste their time with the RSPCA.

I think WHW or Bransby is the best port of call.

is anyone in touch with (I forget member's name) who used to work for Bransby?? Can anyone get a message to her? She must have contacts??
 
Can we not call the vet out ourselves? I am willing to put £50 in the pot which will hopefully cover the out of hours call out fee.

I wish I had seen this post earlier, I am about an hours drive away but would have come down with a couple of rugs and some feed.

OH won't let me come down in the rain and dark
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When I read another neglect case I expected to see photos of horses in a good OK condition, instead I was absolutely horrified at the state of them, I applaud you Andy for what you are doing, so many would look the other way. I desperately hope that WHW will get to them first thing tomorrow.
Could I just mention though that feeding them anything other than hay could be harmful.

Thank you Andy and everyone else, on behaf of these poor horses.
 
I'm about 15 miles away, I'm racking my brains ATM trying to think. I don't have a car, else I'd be there like a shot with some hay. I just can't think of anyone who could help. there are no RS round here anymore.
 
I'd go over myself, I'm 15 miles SE of Stamford, but don't have a car
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I asked the vet to go out and told him that in my opinion the chestnut would be dead by the time the RSPCA got there, but he wasnt interested. i guess they can't do much without RSPCA or owner's instructions.
 
Wow! You are all amazing! You have restored my faith in the horse world and Andy I think you have proven people out their who don't know horses can spot a neglect case.

I live to far to be any help and can't advise anymore than that which already has been suggested. I just felt I should tell you all what a marvellous thing you are doing to help these poor creatures xx
 
I know it sounds harsh but as Gonetofrance has said if we go down with hay and water before any the authorities get there in the morning there is a chance they will think they are being 'looked'after. I will happily go first thing and sit there with hay etc waiting for someone to turn up even if it takes all day.
 
I live too far away to be of any direct assitance, but thank you so much Andy for your attention to these poor animals. It is good to know there is decency in human kind still.
 
I hope the 'involvement' of the rspca doesn't impede the intervention of another charity- one of the first things WHW asked me was had i contacted any other charities/who (when i rang about a different case- just to point out)...
 
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Is anyone in touch with Kerilli on FB or has her number??

There's a member called Royalpolo who is in my area, and someone called Jakesmydog (or something like that).

Have contacted Ovidius.
 
I have just logged on and seen this post. I am about 15 minutes away from Stamford. I can go to my livery yard and pick up some hay (would take me about 15 minutes and another 25 minutes to then get to Stamford) but I don't have rugs that will fit them (my smallest rug is 6ft 6).

I can help you Andy or anyone else that is plannign on going either tonight or tomorrow.
 
slinky I think that is a good idea, tbh I am not sure anything but veterinary care is going to help the chestnut anyway. I was just concerned that these horses were not going to be inspected for days rather than tommorrow.
 
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