RSPCA staff find 31 dead horses

[Mags 112]

Too bad its not closer, I'd adopt one of the surviving donkeys. I like donkeys.

I'd really like to scoop the idiot's eyes out with a rusty spoon though.

There are some really wonderful donkey sanctuaries in the UK.

[Ban Hammer 14,567]

Too bad its not closer, I'd adopt one of the surviving donkeys. I like donkeys.

I'd really like to scoop the idiot's eyes out with a rusty spoon though.

There are some really wonderful donkey sanctuaries in the UK.

don't tell almaty about that

[almaty 19]

Too bad its not closer, I'd adopt one of the surviving donkeys. I like donkeys.

I'd really like to scoop the idiot's eyes out with a rusty spoon though.

There are some really wonderful donkey sanctuaries in the UK.

Bless the UK ....and bless the beasts and the children too

[mustang-sally 8]

Update and pics

The task of nursing more than a hundred rescued horses, ponies and donkeys back to health got under way yesterday.

Many of the animals recovered from a farm in Buckinghamshire on Wednesday were emaciated, with overgrown hooves and matted coats. Most were terrified of humans.

In one of its largest operations to date, the RSPCA found the animals, along with 31 others that had died, crammed into dirty pens and fields on the farm. Three horses had to be put down immediately and it was feared others might follow.

Jamie Gray, the 44-year-old horse trader alleged to have run Spindles Farm in Hyde Heath, near Amersham, has been charged with criminal damage and assault on a police officer. He is due to appear before Aylesbury magistrates on Monday.

The RSPCA found two more dead horses at another location in the county yesterday, which they believe may belong to Gray.

According to Nicola Markwell, of Redwings Horse Sanctuary in Norfolk, which took eight of the donkeys, five ponies and eight miniature Shetland ponies, they were badly traumatised. "Some of them just won't let anyone near them at all," she said. "We have to put those through a gradual handling programme and let them recover before we release them into a herd."

Members of the public flooded Redwings with calls overnight, donating more than £15,000 and offering rugs or equipment.

There were also calls, both to Redwings and the RSPCA, from people whose horses had gone missing.

Rob Skinner, the RSPCA's chief inspector for Oxon and Bucks, said it would begin to gather descriptions of missing horses today. "We will then begin checking for tattoos, microchips and freeze markings to try to match up the descriptions," he said. But he added: "We have no evidence to suggest the horses were stolen."

He said 60 RSPCA staff as well as other agencies were looking after the horses, but the situation of some was still precarious. "It's still touch and go for some of these animals," he said. "Some are so emaciated that they may still have to be put down."

Of the animals recovered, the youngest was thought to be a two-month-old donkey foal, which was making good progress at Redwings along with its mother. Welfare officers said it was "incredible" that the donkey, which they have named Esther, had survived. "Esther is a little nervous - but she seems OK," said Miss Markwell. "She is staying close to her mother and is obviously bewildered.

"But she is quite playful, which is a good sign. She is feeding well, like all the other donkeys."

Eleven horses and ponies were being cared for in Norfolk by the International League for the Protection of Horses (ILPH). The Horse Trust was looking after 21 animals, and the rest were being kept in an unknown holding centre.

Hannah Rowley, an ILPH spokesman, said: "They were starving hungry when they arrived at our stables. The first thing they did was eat the hay put out for them."

She said there was a long process ahead, which included the RSPCA's planned prosecution of the animals' owner and the conclusion of the police case against Mr Gray, before they could be found suitable homes. "We will look after the horses and ponies until the conclusion of any court case and then we will look for good homes for them," she said.

To contribute to the horses' recovery, call the RSPCA on 0300 1238484 or Redwings on 01508 481000

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtm.../eahorse111.xml

[derekkj 0]

Ch*pfucks like these are the reason I like animals more than humans.

But I am glad to hear that they are in a better place now!

[almaty 19]

Update and pics

The task of nursing more than a hundred rescued horses, ponies and donkeys back to health got under way yesterday.

Many of the animals recovered from a farm in Buckinghamshire on Wednesday were emaciated, with overgrown hooves and matted coats. Most were terrified of humans.

In one of its largest operations to date, the RSPCA found the animals, along with 31 others that had died, crammed into dirty pens and fields on the farm. Three horses had to be put down immediately and it was feared others might follow.

Jamie Gray, the 44-year-old horse trader alleged to have run Spindles Farm in Hyde Heath, near Amersham, has been charged with criminal damage and assault on a police officer. He is due to appear before Aylesbury magistrates on Monday.

The RSPCA found two more dead horses at another location in the county yesterday, which they believe may belong to Gray.

According to Nicola Markwell, of Redwings Horse Sanctuary in Norfolk, which took eight of the donkeys, five ponies and eight miniature Shetland ponies, they were badly traumatised. "Some of them just won't let anyone near them at all," she said. "We have to put those through a gradual handling programme and let them recover before we release them into a herd."

Members of the public flooded Redwings with calls overnight, donating more than £15,000 and offering rugs or equipment.

There were also calls, both to Redwings and the RSPCA, from people whose horses had gone missing.

Rob Skinner, the RSPCA's chief inspector for Oxon and Bucks, said it would begin to gather descriptions of missing horses today. "We will then begin checking for tattoos, microchips and freeze markings to try to match up the descriptions," he said. But he added: "We have no evidence to suggest the horses were stolen."

He said 60 RSPCA staff as well as other agencies were looking after the horses, but the situation of some was still precarious. "It's still touch and go for some of these animals," he said. "Some are so emaciated that they may still have to be put down."

Of the animals recovered, the youngest was thought to be a two-month-old donkey foal, which was making good progress at Redwings along with its mother. Welfare officers said it was "incredible" that the donkey, which they have named Esther, had survived. "Esther is a little nervous - but she seems OK," said Miss Markwell. "She is staying close to her mother and is obviously bewildered.

"But she is quite playful, which is a good sign. She is feeding well, like all the other donkeys."

Eleven horses and ponies were being cared for in Norfolk by the International League for the Protection of Horses (ILPH). The Horse Trust was looking after 21 animals, and the rest were being kept in an unknown holding centre.

Hannah Rowley, an ILPH spokesman, said: "They were starving hungry when they arrived at our stables. The first thing they did was eat the hay put out for them."

She said there was a long process ahead, which included the RSPCA's planned prosecution of the animals' owner and the conclusion of the police case against Mr Gray, before they could be found suitable homes. "We will look after the horses and ponies until the conclusion of any court case and then we will look for good homes for them," she said.

To contribute to the horses' recovery, call the RSPCA on 0300 1238484 or Redwings on 01508 481000

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtm.../eahorse111.xml

sister, thanks for the information and posting some pixs of fine looking burros

[mustang-sally 8]

Update and pics

The task of nursing more than a hundred rescued horses, ponies and donkeys back to health got under way yesterday.

Many of the animals recovered from a farm in Buckinghamshire on Wednesday were emaciated, with overgrown hooves and matted coats. Most were terrified of humans.

In one of its largest operations to date, the RSPCA found the animals, along with 31 others that had died, crammed into dirty pens and fields on the farm. Three horses had to be put down immediately and it was feared others might follow.

Jamie Gray, the 44-year-old horse trader alleged to have run Spindles Farm in Hyde Heath, near Amersham, has been charged with criminal damage and assault on a police officer. He is due to appear before Aylesbury magistrates on Monday.

The RSPCA found two more dead horses at another location in the county yesterday, which they believe may belong to Gray.

According to Nicola Markwell, of Redwings Horse Sanctuary in Norfolk, which took eight of the donkeys, five ponies and eight miniature Shetland ponies, they were badly traumatised. "Some of them just won't let anyone near them at all," she said. "We have to put those through a gradual handling programme and let them recover before we release them into a herd."

Members of the public flooded Redwings with calls overnight, donating more than £15,000 and offering rugs or equipment.

There were also calls, both to Redwings and the RSPCA, from people whose horses had gone missing.

Rob Skinner, the RSPCA's chief inspector for Oxon and Bucks, said it would begin to gather descriptions of missing horses today. "We will then begin checking for tattoos, microchips and freeze markings to try to match up the descriptions," he said. But he added: "We have no evidence to suggest the horses were stolen."

He said 60 RSPCA staff as well as other agencies were looking after the horses, but the situation of some was still precarious. "It's still touch and go for some of these animals," he said. "Some are so emaciated that they may still have to be put down."

Of the animals recovered, the youngest was thought to be a two-month-old donkey foal, which was making good progress at Redwings along with its mother. Welfare officers said it was "incredible" that the donkey, which they have named Esther, had survived. "Esther is a little nervous - but she seems OK," said Miss Markwell. "She is staying close to her mother and is obviously bewildered.

"But she is quite playful, which is a good sign. She is feeding well, like all the other donkeys."

Eleven horses and ponies were being cared for in Norfolk by the International League for the Protection of Horses (ILPH). The Horse Trust was looking after 21 animals, and the rest were being kept in an unknown holding centre.

Hannah Rowley, an ILPH spokesman, said: "They were starving hungry when they arrived at our stables. The first thing they did was eat the hay put out for them."

She said there was a long process ahead, which included the RSPCA's planned prosecution of the animals' owner and the conclusion of the police case against Mr Gray, before they could be found suitable homes. "We will look after the horses and ponies until the conclusion of any court case and then we will look for good homes for them," she said.

To contribute to the horses' recovery, call the RSPCA on 0300 1238484 or Redwings on 01508 481000

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtm.../eahorse111.xml

sister, thanks for the information and posting some pixs of fine looking burros

Oh my pleasure, how cute is 'Esther'? She is a darling

[Ban Hammer 14,567]

Ch*pfucks like these are the reason I like animals more than humans.

But I am glad to hear that they are in a better place now!

[almaty 19]

i agree...a fine animal..............

[Mags 112]

Esther is a cutie!

Here's hoping that the remaining horses and donkeys recover well and find happy homes to go to.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Esther is a cutie!

Here's hoping that the remaining horses and donkeys recover well and find happy homes to go to.

[almaty 19]

ament o that sister mags and sister mocassin