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Could someone explain whats going on here? (See on their FB page) One sanctuary from Wales seems to be collectinf from another sanctuary in Lincs and they are chasing horses around in the pitch dark? Very odd.... I thought the RSPCA were dealing with it.
 
It’s all a bit odd. The video says a horse died while being chased around. :(

I heard a case recently that’s miles away from Whispering Willows where they went a collected a pony. The RSPCA were already on the verge of seizing it and prosecuting the owner, so they messed that up. If they’d have checked with the local rescues they could have advised them not to take it.
 
From what I can gather, the owner of the horses from the Lincolnshire based sanctuary signed them over to WW but they had to be moved ASAP so WW were asking for help from the public as there were 44 horses to be moved. I can’t really work out what’s going on in the latest video but it would seem a man has turned up to help and he’s chasing the horses around in the dark trying to herd them into a box or something and one dropped dead of a heart attack.
 
I'm not sure how to feel about them. They appear very gung-ho and seem to think that the good intent of their actions places them above the law.
I mean, if some randomer claiming to be a rescue turned up and nabbed your well looked after horses, it would be theft. Surely it's the same thing in the case of neglected horses, hence why we have to go through the proper legal channels in order to legally seize them?

I can appreciate the good intentions, nobody wants to see horses being neglected. But the laws are there for a reason.
 
They took some horses from scotland and they weren't happy when the owner signed them over to the sspca so the sspca came to collect them. There's a video where she's very offended that she wasn't told there was a box waiting to collect them once the sspca had visited her
 
It rather makes you wonder how responsible they are when you see someone washing a horse whlst wearing flip flops...... and they dont even seem to have a charity number...
 
I read on FB that the pony which collapsed in Cardiff and was removed by WW has been stolen? What is going on with that place?
 
I expect the original owners helped themselves back to it. I didn't realise there was a 'the truth' page too! That's rarely a good sign, though it appears to be empty :p
 
Cinnamontoast said:
I read on FB that the pony which collapsed in Cardiff and was removed by WW has been stolen? What is going on with that place?
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They’ve said they believe the pony is safe so my guess is they’ve arranged for it to be “stolen” by another rescue, rather than hand it over to the RSPCA.
 
meleeka said:
They’ve said they believe the pony is safe so my guess is they’ve arranged for it to be “stolen” by another rescue, rather than hand it over to the RSPCA.
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What madness is this?! I know the RSPCA has a very poor reputation for not rescuing unless the publicity opportunity is there or the animal is dying, but once they do rescue, I believe the care to be good.
 
It seems that Whispering Willows have taken these 44 horses from the Boston sanctuary to prevent the RSPCA taking them as far as I understand it. Thats why it was all done in a hurry at night.
 
I think the WW woman seems totally bonkers! Trying to load rather wild and frightened horses into the transport in the pitch black, some bloke trying to lassoo them, a horse dies (or is killed by them), and they then remove the video and dont even comment or apologise! I think that is dreadful behaviour to their followers and certainly not how a rescue should behave, there was no rush, the horses weren't in imminent danger of dying, surely every horseman knows they should be slow and steady and to keep calm with frightened horses and that they are prey animals prone to take flight when scared.
 
WeeLassie said:
I think the WW woman seems totally bonkers! Trying to load rather wild and frightened horses into the transport in the pitch black, some bloke trying to lassoo them, a horse dies (or is killed by them), and they then remove the video and dont even comment or apologise! I think that is dreadful behaviour to their followers and certainly not how a rescue should behave, there was no rush, the horses weren't in imminent danger of dying, surely every horseman knows they should be slow and steady and to keep calm with frightened horses and that they are prey animals prone to take flight when scared.
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Another post has now been removed where there were comments. Somebody said the man was from the sanctuary in Boston.
This woman reminds me of the AHAR lady, all the ranting by video and drama, then just removing posts rather than explain herself when things don’t seem right. She may be doing wonderful things for horses, who knows?, but her lack of transparency is going to bring her a lot of negative attention.
 
She reminds me of the ahar woman too. She's very vigilante, she put up a video complaining because some areas of horsewatch had said if they see WW anywhere to phone the police
 
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